diff --git a/restic/templates/secret.yaml b/restic/templates/secret.yaml
index 5c12769659bb7ce92144fbde880287b0e3596ff7..4d5b002ecb54804bf85f49b6f9242228c09c5c76 100644
--- a/restic/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/restic/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
+kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "restic-helm.fullname" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "restic-helm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-data:
+stringData:
   RESTIC_PASSWORD: "{{ .Values.repository.key }}"
   RESTIC_REPOSITORY: "{{ .Values.repository.name }}"
   {{- .Values.auth | nindent 2 }}