diff --git a/nfs-static-provisioning/templates/persistentVolume.yaml b/nfs-static-provisioning/templates/persistentVolume.yaml
index abe9c16f6eaab6e3d0260b6d2cee6ac561004200..0a489e980c272249e51555be871e9ef47fb153fc 100644
--- a/nfs-static-provisioning/templates/persistentVolume.yaml
+++ b/nfs-static-provisioning/templates/persistentVolume.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
   accessModes:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
-  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ .reclaimPolicy }}
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ .reclaimPolicy | default "Retain" }}
   storageClassName: {{ .storageClassName }}
   csi:
     driver: nfs.csi.k8s.io