diff --git a/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml b/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml
index fdcd17440..8d49ea392 100644
--- a/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml
+++ b/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {{- if not (empty .Values.docdb) }}
 ---
-{{ $docdb_port := .Values.docdb.port }}
-
 kind: Secret
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
@@ -10,12 +8,12 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "01"
     avp.kubernetes.io/remove-missing: "true"
-stringData:
-  docdb_master_username: {{ .Values.docdb.master_username }}
-  docdb_master_password: {{ .Values.docdb.master_password }}
-  docdb_master_info: {{ .Values.docdb.master_info }}
-  docdb_instance_password: {{ .Values.docdb.instance_password }}
-  docdb_host: {{ .Values.docdb.host }}
-  docdb_port: "{{ $docdb_port }}"
+data:
+  docdb_master_username: {{ .Values.docdb.master_username | b64enc }}
+  docdb_master_password: {{ .Values.docdb.master_password | b64enc }}
+  docdb_master_info: {{ .Values.docdb.master_info | b64enc }}
+  docdb_instance_password: {{ .Values.docdb.instance_password | b64enc }}
+  docdb_host: {{ .Values.docdb.host | b64enc }}
+  docdb_port: {{ .Values.docdb.port | toString | b64enc }}
 type: Opaque
 {{- end }}