diff --git a/charts/connect/templates/connect-credentials.yaml b/charts/connect/templates/connect-credentials.yaml
index eeb17bd..665c191 100644
--- a/charts/connect/templates/connect-credentials.yaml
+++ b/charts/connect/templates/connect-credentials.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: connect
     {{- include "onepassword-connect.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
-stringData:
+data:
   {{ .Values.connect.credentialsKey }}: |-
   {{- if (.Values.connect.credentials) }}
   {{ .Values.connect.credentials | b64enc | indent 2 }}
diff --git a/charts/connect/templates/connect-deployment.yaml b/charts/connect/templates/connect-deployment.yaml
index 22c57d5..e14a4f2 100644
--- a/charts/connect/templates/connect-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/connect/templates/connect-deployment.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ spec:
         - name: credentials
           secret:
             secretName: {{ .Values.connect.credentialsName }}
+            items:
+              - key: {{ .Values.connect.credentialsKey }}
+                path: 1password-credentials.json
         {{- if .Values.connect.tls.enabled }}
         - name: tls-cert
           secret:
@@ -62,10 +65,7 @@ spec:
             {{- toYaml .Values.connect.api.resources | nindent 12 }}
           env:
             - name: OP_SESSION
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: {{ .Values.connect.credentialsName }}
-                  key: {{ .Values.connect.credentialsKey }}
+              value: /home/opuser/.op/1password-credentials.json
             - name: OP_BUS_PORT
               value: "11220"
             - name: OP_BUS_PEERS
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /home/opuser/.op/data
               name: {{ .Values.connect.dataVolume.name }}
+            - name: credentials
+              mountPath: /home/opuser/.op/1password-credentials.json
+              subPath: 1password-credentials.json
             {{- if .Values.connect.tls.enabled }}
             - name: tls-cert
               mountPath: /home/opuser/.op/certs
@@ -126,10 +129,7 @@ spec:
             - name: OP_HTTP_PORT
               value: "{{ .Values.connect.sync.httpPort }}"
             - name: OP_SESSION
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: {{ .Values.connect.credentialsName }}
-                  key: {{ .Values.connect.credentialsKey }}
+              value: /home/opuser/.op/1password-credentials.json
             - name: OP_BUS_PORT
               value: "11221"
             - name: OP_BUS_PEERS
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /home/opuser/.op/data
               name: {{ .Values.connect.dataVolume.name }}
+            - name: credentials
+              mountPath: /home/opuser/.op/1password-credentials.json
+              subPath: 1password-credentials.json
         {{- if .Values.connect.profiler.enabled }}
         - name: profiler-data
           image: alpine