diff --git a/.changelog/4315.txt b/.changelog/4315.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05b7fb01da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4315.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+helm: fix issue where the API Gateway GatewayClassConfig tolerations can not be parsed by the Helm chart.
+```
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/gateway-resources-job.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/gateway-resources-job.yaml
index f61204f2a3..7f0d3719fb 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/gateway-resources-job.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/gateway-resources-job.yaml
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ spec:
             - {{- toYaml .Values.connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.nodeSelector | nindent 14 -}}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.tolerations }}
-            - -tolerations={{ .Values.connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.tolerations }}
+            - -tolerations
+            - {{- toYaml .Values.connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.tolerations | nindent 14  -}}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.copyAnnotations.service }}
             - -service-annotations
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/gateway-resources-job.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/gateway-resources-job.bats
index e38397231b..063b6e0052 100644
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/gateway-resources-job.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/gateway-resources-job.bats
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ target=templates/gateway-resources-job.yaml
       --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.deployment.minInstances=1' \
       --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.deployment.maxInstances=3' \
       --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.nodeSelector=foo: bar' \
-      --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.tolerations=- key: bar' \
       --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.copyAnnotations.service.annotations=- bingo' \
       --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.serviceType=Foo' \
       --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.openshiftSCCName=hello' \
@@ -108,23 +107,11 @@ target=templates/gateway-resources-job.yaml
   local actual=$(echo "$spec" | jq 'any(index("-service-type=Foo"))')
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 
-  local actual=$(echo "$spec" | jq '.[12]')
-  [ "${actual}" = "\"-node-selector\"" ]
-
-  local actual=$(echo "$spec" | jq '.[13]')
-  [ "${actual}" = "\"foo: bar\"" ]
-
-  local actual=$(echo "$spec" | jq '.[14] | ."-tolerations=- key"')
-  [ "${actual}" = "\"bar\"" ]
-
-  local actual=$(echo "$spec" | jq '.[15]')
-  [ "${actual}" = "\"-service-annotations\"" ]
-
-  local actual=$(echo "$spec" | jq '.[16]')
-  [ "${actual}" = "\"- bingo\"" ]
+  local actual=$(echo $spec | yq 'contains(["-node-selector", "foo: bar"])')
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 
-  local actual=$(echo "$spec" | jq '.[17]')
-  [ "${actual}" = "\"-service-type=Foo\"" ]
+  local actual=$(echo $spec | yq 'contains(["-service-annotations", "- bingo"])')
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 }
 
 @test "apiGateway/GatewayClassConfig: custom configuration openshift enabled" {
@@ -156,3 +143,26 @@ target=templates/gateway-resources-job.yaml
         tee /dev/stderr)
     [ "${actual}" = "{}" ]
 }
+
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# tolerations
+
+@test "apiGateway/GatewayClassConfig: tolerations" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local tolerations=$(helm template \
+      -s $target  \
+      --set 'connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.tolerations=- "operator": "Equal" \
+"effect": "NoSchedule" \
+"key": "node" \
+"value": "clients" \
+- "operator": "Equal" \
+"effect": "NoSchedule" \
+"key": "node2" \
+"value": "clients2"' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].args' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  local actual=$(echo $tolerations | yq 'contains(["tolerations","- \"operator\": \"Equal\" \n\"effect\": \"NoSchedule\" \n\"key\": \"node\" \n\"value\": \"clients\" \n- \"operator\": \"Equal\" \n\"effect\": \"NoSchedule\" \n\"key\": \"node2\" \n\"value\": \"clients2\"" ])')
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/gateway-resources/command_test.go b/control-plane/subcommand/gateway-resources/command_test.go
index 8455c1a315..c887cde41a 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/gateway-resources/command_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/gateway-resources/command_test.go
@@ -158,9 +158,14 @@ func TestRun_flagValidation(t *testing.T) {
 				flagNodeSelector: `
 foo: 1
 bar: 2`,
-				flagTolerations: `
-- value: foo
-- value: bar`,
+				flagTolerations: `- "operator": "Equal"
+  "effect": "NoSchedule"
+  "key": "node"
+  "value": "clients"
+- "operator": "Equal"
+  "effect": "NoSchedule"
+  "key": "node2"
+  "value": "clients2"`,
 				flagServiceAnnotations: `
 - foo
 - bar`,