diff --git a/kube/deploy/apps/searxng/app/secrets.yaml b/kube/deploy/apps/searxng/app/secrets.yaml
index a715b2cc..7352b039 100644
--- a/kube/deploy/apps/searxng/app/secrets.yaml
+++ b/kube/deploy/apps/searxng/app/secrets.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   name: searxng-secrets
   namespace: searxng
 type: Opaque
-data:
+stringData:
   secret_key: "${SECRET_SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY}"
   redis: "redis://:${SECRET_SEARXNG_REDIS_PASSWORD}@searxng-redis.searxng.svc.cluster.local:6379/0"