diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
index e7d0acf73..5ff715f34 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ configKubernetes:
   # - deployment-time
   # - downscaler/*
 
-  # enable_cross_namespace_secret: "false"
+  # allow user secrets in other namespaces than the Postgres cluster
+  enable_cross_namespace_secret: false
   # enables initContainers to run actions before Spilo is started
   enable_init_containers: true
   # toggles pod anti affinity on the Postgres pods