diff --git a/manifests/base/cuda-rstudio-buildconfig.yaml b/manifests/base/cuda-rstudio-buildconfig.yaml
index 7e0f724a9..c627ba9f6 100644
--- a/manifests/base/cuda-rstudio-buildconfig.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/cuda-rstudio-buildconfig.yaml
@@ -72,11 +72,13 @@ spec:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: rhel-subscription-secret
             key: SERVERURL
+            optional: true
       - name: BASEURL
         valueFrom:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: rhel-subscription-secret
             key: BASEURL
+            optional: true
   output:
     to:
       kind: ImageStreamTag
@@ -130,11 +132,13 @@ spec:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: rhel-subscription-secret
             key: SERVERURL
+            optional: true
       - name: BASEURL
         valueFrom:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: rhel-subscription-secret
             key: BASEURL
+            optional: true
   output:
     to:
       kind: ImageStreamTag
diff --git a/manifests/base/rstudio-buildconfig.yaml b/manifests/base/rstudio-buildconfig.yaml
index 551bfad0e..0b2ccbafd 100644
--- a/manifests/base/rstudio-buildconfig.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/rstudio-buildconfig.yaml
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ spec:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: rhel-subscription-secret
             key: SERVERURL
+            optional: true
       - name: BASEURL
         valueFrom:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: rhel-subscription-secret
             key: BASEURL
+            optional: true
       noCache: true
   output:
     to: