diff --git a/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml b/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
index 590c3b4200daf27f5c686a4743da0b5e2c57e9c0..da49145070850e9d6e683dcc30633e425c08394e 100644
--- a/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/oauth2-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
                   name: {{ include "oauth2-proxy-helm.fullname" . }}
                   key: cookie-secret
             {{ if .Values.redis.enabled }}
-            {{ if ne .Values.redis.password "" }}
+            {{ if .Values.redis.password }}
             - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_REDIS_PASSWORD
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ spec:
             - "--http-address=0.0.0.0:4180"
             - "--provider=oidc"
             {{ if .Values.redis.enabled }}
+            - "--session-store-type=redis"
             - "--redis-connection-url=redis://{{ .Values.redis.host }}/{{ .Values.redis.database }}"
             {{ end }}
           ports:
diff --git a/oauth2-proxy/templates/secret.yaml b/oauth2-proxy/templates/secret.yaml
index cb69f7ca8fb60a4099c4a1b0b50971217e15493b..d6e25b571917a5dd30d125ae6bd9760b9013de43 100644
--- a/oauth2-proxy/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/oauth2-proxy/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ stringData:
   client-secret: "{{ .Values.oidc.clientSecret }}"
   cookie-secret: "{{ .Values.cookieSecret }}"
   {{ if .Values.redis.enabled }}
+  {{ if .Values.redis.password }}
   redis-password: "{{ .Values.redis.password }}"
   {{ end }}
+  {{ end }}