diff --git a/charts/kafka-ui/Chart.yaml b/charts/kafka-ui/Chart.yaml
index a296f4f7..6d54b45b 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-ui/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-ui/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: kafka-ui
 description: A Helm chart for kafka-UI
 type: application
-version: 0.7.5
+version: 0.7.6
 appVersion: v0.7.1
 icon: https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/raw/master/documentation/images/kafka-ui-logo.png
diff --git a/charts/kafka-ui/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/kafka-ui/templates/secret.yaml
index 387666f8..ba7f0999 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-ui/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-ui/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "kafka-ui.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
-data:
+stringData:
   {{- range $key, $val := .Values.envs.secret }}
-  {{ $key }}: {{ $val | b64enc | quote }}
+  {{ $key }}: {{ $val | quote }}
   {{- end -}}
 {{- end}}