Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a cylindrical valve body whose outside diameter decreases, forming an annular shoulder, in the direction of an injection opening. The valve body is braced axially against a holding body by means of a tension nut engaging the annular shoulder. The fuel injection valve is inserted into a stepped receiving bore in the housing of the engine, and the bore is sealed off via a sealing ring fastened between an annular end face of the tension nut and a housing shoulder of the receiving bore. The sealing ring disposed in axially secured fashion on the reduced-diameter shaft portion of the valve body, is characterized in that the sealing ring has a central circular opening, which is deformed in a defined way after being slipped onto the shaft part of the valve body.