diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
index 4642aaa98..6ee1a5855 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ type DashboardSpec struct {
 	// The dashboard webserver port
 	Port int `json:"port,omitempty"`
 	// Whether SSL should be used
-	SSL *bool `json:"ssl,omitempty"`
+	SSL bool `json:"ssl,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // MonitoringSpec represents the settings for Prometheus based Ceph monitoring
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index d1e534cce..74e783c01 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ func (in *ClusterSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *ClusterSpec) {
 	out.DisruptionManagement = in.DisruptionManagement
 	in.Mon.DeepCopyInto(&out.Mon)
 	out.RBDMirroring = in.RBDMirroring
-	in.Dashboard.DeepCopyInto(&out.Dashboard)
+	out.Dashboard = in.Dashboard
 	out.Monitoring = in.Monitoring
 	out.External = in.External
 	in.Mgr.DeepCopyInto(&out.Mgr)
@@ -523,11 +523,6 @@ func (in *ClusterStatus) DeepCopy() *ClusterStatus {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *DashboardSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *DashboardSpec) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.SSL != nil {
-		in, out := &in.SSL, &out.SSL
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go
index efa6c9370..fd50f8377 100755
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/daemon/ceph/client"
+	cephver "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/version"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/k8sutil"
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -121,27 +122,33 @@ func (c *Cluster) configureDashboardModule(m *mgrConfig) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// server port
-	port := strconv.Itoa(m.DashboardPort)
-	changed, err := client.MgrSetConfig(c.context, c.Namespace, m.DaemonID, c.clusterInfo.CephVersion, "mgr/dashboard/server_port", port, false)
+	// ssl support
+	ssl := strconv.FormatBool(c.dashboard.SSL)
+	changed, err := client.MgrSetConfig(c.context, c.Namespace, m.DaemonID, c.clusterInfo.CephVersion, "mgr/dashboard/ssl", ssl, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	hasChanged = hasChanged || changed
 
-	// ssl support
-	var ssl string
-	if c.dashboard.SSL == nil {
-		ssl = ""
-	} else {
-		ssl = strconv.FormatBool(*c.dashboard.SSL)
-	}
-	changed, err = client.MgrSetConfig(c.context, c.Namespace, m.DaemonID, c.clusterInfo.CephVersion, "mgr/dashboard/ssl", ssl, false)
+	// server port
+	port := strconv.Itoa(m.DashboardPort)
+	changed, err = client.MgrSetConfig(c.context, c.Namespace, m.DaemonID, c.clusterInfo.CephVersion, "mgr/dashboard/server_port", port, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	hasChanged = hasChanged || changed
 
+	// SSL enabled. Needed to set specifically the ssl port setting starting with Nautilus(14.2.1)
+	if c.dashboard.SSL {
+		if c.clusterInfo.CephVersion.IsAtLeast(cephver.CephVersion{Major: 14, Minor: 2, Extra: 1}) {
+			changed, err = client.MgrSetConfig(c.context, c.Namespace, m.DaemonID, c.clusterInfo.CephVersion, "mgr/dashboard/ssl_server_port", port, false)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			hasChanged = hasChanged || changed
+		}
+	}
+
 	if hasChanged {
 		logger.Infof("dashboard config has changed")
 		return c.restartDashboard()
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) initializeSecureDashboard() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate a password. %+v", err)
 	}
 
-	if c.dashboard.SSL == nil || *c.dashboard.SSL {
+	if c.dashboard.SSL {
 		alreadyCreated, err := c.createSelfSignedCert()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create a self signed cert. %+v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard_test.go
index 365305355..3e270554e 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard_test.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestStartSecureDashboard(t *testing.T) {
 		CephVersion: cephver.Mimic,
 	}
 	c := &Cluster{clusterInfo: clusterInfo, context: &clusterd.Context{Clientset: test.New(3), Executor: executor}, Namespace: "myns",
-		dashboard: cephv1.DashboardSpec{Enabled: true}, cephVersion: cephv1.CephVersionSpec{Image: "ceph/ceph:v13.2.2"}}
+		dashboard: cephv1.DashboardSpec{Enabled: true, SSL: true}, cephVersion: cephv1.CephVersionSpec{Image: "ceph/ceph:v13.2.2"}}
 	c.exitCode = func(err error) (int, bool) {
 		if exitCodeResponse != 0 {
 			return exitCodeResponse, true