diff --git a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
index b2500659bcd..be7a378b3aa 100644
--- a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
+++ b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ upstream gitlab {
 server {
   listen YOUR_SERVER_IP:80 default_server;         # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80; In most cases *:80 is a good idea
   server_name YOUR_SERVER_FQDN;     # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
+  server_tokens off;     # don't show the version number, a security best practice
   root /home/git/gitlab/public;
 
   # individual nginx logs for this gitlab vhost