diff --git a/snyk-monitor/README.md b/snyk-monitor/README.md
index 8890f22e6..8ab5ced5a 100644
--- a/snyk-monitor/README.md
+++ b/snyk-monitor/README.md
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@ Finally, create the secret in Kubernetes by running the following command:
 kubectl create secret generic snyk-monitor -n snyk-monitor --from-file=./dockercfg.json --from-literal=integrationId=abcd1234-abcd-1234-abcd-1234abcd1234 --from-literal=serviceAccountApiToken=aabb1212-abab-1212-dcba-4321abcd4321
 ```
 
-5. (Optional) If your private registry requires installing certificates (*.crt, *.cert, *.key only) please put them in a folder and create the following ConfigMap:
+5. (Optional) If your private registry requires installing certificates (_.crt,_.cert, *.key only) please put them in a folder and create the following Secret:
+
 ```shell
-kubectl create configmap snyk-monitor-certs -n snyk-monitor --from-file=<path_to_certs_folder>
+kubectl create secret tls snyk-monitor-certs -n snyk-monitor --cert=path/to/tls.crt --key=path/to/tls.key
 ```
 
 6. (Optional) If you are using an insecure registry or your registry is using unqualified images, you can provide a `registries.conf` file. See [the documentation](https://github.com/containers/image/blob/master/docs/containers-registries.conf.5.md) for information on the format and examples.
diff --git a/snyk-monitor/templates/deployment.yaml b/snyk-monitor/templates/deployment.yaml
index 84702271e..490813f03 100644
--- a/snyk-monitor/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/snyk-monitor/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -283,9 +283,14 @@ spec:
             sizeLimit: {{ .Values.temporaryStorageSize }}
           {{- end }}
         - name: ssl-certs
-          configMap:
-            name: {{ .Values.certsConfigMap }}
-            optional: true
+          projected:
+            sources:
+            - configMap:
+                name: {{.Values.certsConfigMap}}
+                optional: true
+            - secret:
+                name: {{ .Values.certsSecret }}
+                optional: true
         - name: workload-policies
           configMap:
             {{- if .Values.workloadPoliciesMap }}
diff --git a/snyk-monitor/values.yaml b/snyk-monitor/values.yaml
index b7ad4b222..65873b5fb 100644
--- a/snyk-monitor/values.yaml
+++ b/snyk-monitor/values.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 # The secrets should be created externally, before applying this Helm chart.
 # The currently used keys within the secret are: "dockercfg.json", "integrationId".
 monitorSecrets: snyk-monitor
+certsSecret: snyk-monitor-certs
+
+# Deprecated, use the certsSecret instead
 certsConfigMap: snyk-monitor-certs
+
 registriesConfConfigMap: snyk-monitor-registries-conf
 
 # An external ConfigMap to use for loading policies into snyk-monitor.