diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml b/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml
index 401cb30..c0912a3 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.3.3
+version: 0.3.4
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed.
 # renovate:image=ghcr.io/mattlqx/docker-pixelfed
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/README.md b/charts/pixelfed/README.md
index 9b70f83..0421dac 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/README.md
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pixelfed
 
-![Version: 0.3.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.3.3-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: v0.12.3-nginx](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-v0.12.3--nginx-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.3.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.3.4-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: v0.12.3-nginx](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-v0.12.3--nginx-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for deploying Pixelfed on Kubernetes
 
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_database.yaml b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_database.yaml
index d4767c6..16ee3de 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_database.yaml
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_database.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: pixelfed-database
 data:
-  host: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.host }}
-  port: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.port }}
-  database: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.database }}
-  username: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.username }}
-  password: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.password }}
+  host: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.host | b64enc  }}
+  port: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.port | quote | b64enc  }}
+  database: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.database | b64enc  }}
+  username: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.username | b64enc  }}
+  password: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.password | b64enc  }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml
index 95253fc..bf8c481 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: pixelfed-mail
 data:
-  host: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.host }}
-  port: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.port }}
+  host: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.host | b64enc }}
+  port: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.port | quote | b64enc}}
   {{- if .Values.pixelfed.mail.username }}
-  username: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.username }}
+  username: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.username | b64enc }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- if .Values.pixelfed.mail.password }}
-  password: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.password }}
+  password: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.password | b64enc }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_valkey.yaml b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_valkey.yaml
index 5e39bc5..cd55d57 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_valkey.yaml
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_valkey.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: pixelfed-valkey
 data:
-  host: {{ .Values.externalValkey.host }}
-  port: {{ .Values.externalValkey.port }}
-  password: {{ .Values.externalValkey.password }}
+  host: {{ .Values.externalValkey.host | b64enc }}
+  port: {{ .Values.externalValkey.port | quote | b64enc  }}
+  password: {{ .Values.externalValkey.password | b64enc  }}
 {{- end }}