diff --git a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
index 7180884d06ab4..93fa44c53dab8 100644
--- a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ cephFileSystems:
       isDefault: false
       name: ceph-filesystem
       reclaimPolicy: Delete
+      allowVolumeExpansion: true
       # see https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/Documentation/ceph-filesystem.md#provision-storage for available configuration
       parameters:
         # The secrets contain Ceph admin credentials.