diff --git a/charts/snyk-broker/templates/secrets.yaml b/charts/snyk-broker/templates/secrets.yaml
index cfed643..4d74128 100644
--- a/charts/snyk-broker/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/charts/snyk-broker/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.scmType}}-token{{if not .Values.disableSuffixes }}-{{ .Release.Name }}{{ end }}
 type: Opaque
-data:
-  "{{ .Values.scmType}}-token-key": {{ .Values.bitbucketPat | b64enc | quote }}
+stringData:
+  "{{ .Values.scmType}}-token-key": {{ .Values.bitbucketPat | quote }}
 ---
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.azureReposToken }}