diff --git a/packages/apps/nats/templates/nats.yaml b/packages/apps/nats/templates/nats.yaml
index 02209377..b05c87b5 100644
--- a/packages/apps/nats/templates/nats.yaml
+++ b/packages/apps/nats/templates/nats.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {{- $existingSecret := lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace (printf "%s-credentials" .Release.Name) }}
 {{- $passwords := dict }}
 
-{{- with (index $existingSecret "data") }}
+{{- with (dig "data" (dict) $existingSecret) }}
   {{- range $k, $v := . }}
     {{- $_ := set $passwords $k (b64dec $v) }}
   {{- end }}