diff --git a/helm/ida-auth/values.yaml b/helm/ida-auth/values.yaml
index 8e808c5f4b..1264991e59 100644
--- a/helm/ida-auth/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/ida-auth/values.yaml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ extraEnvVarsCM:
 
 ## Secret with extra environment variables
 ##
-extraEnvVarsSecret:
+extraEnvVarsSecret: []
 
 ## Extra volumes to add to the deployment
 ##