diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfd28aa..94f19c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The module supports the following secret types:
 - [User credentials](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/secrets-manager?topic=secrets-manager-user-credentials&interface=ui)
 - [Imported Certificate](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/secrets-manager?topic=secrets-manager-certificates&interface=api#import-certificates)
 - [Service Credentials](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/secrets-manager?topic=secrets-manager-service-credentials&interface=api)
+- [Key Value](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/secrets-manager?topic=secrets-manager-key-value&interface=ui)
 
 The following attributes and parameters are supported for all secret types:
 
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ The following attributes and parameters are supported when creating service cred
 - `secret_auto_rotation_unit`: Specifies the unit type for the secret rotation. Accepted values are `day` or `month`. Default is `day`.
 - `secret_auto_rotation_interval`: Specifies the rotation interval for the rotation unit. Default is `89`.
 
+The following attributes and parameters are supported when creating Key Value secrets:
+
+- `secret_kv_data`: key-value secret data.
+
+
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 <!-- BEGIN OVERVIEW HOOK -->
 ## Overview
@@ -140,6 +146,23 @@ module "secret_manager_service_credential" {
 }
 ```
 
+```hcl
+##############################################################################
+# Create Key Value Secret
+##############################################################################
+
+module "secrets_manager_key_value_secret" {
+  source                  = "terraform-ibm-modules/secrets-manager-secret/ibm"
+  version                 = "latest" # Replace "latest" with a release version to lock into a specific release
+  region                  = "us-south"
+  secrets_manager_guid    = "42454b3b-5b06-407b-a4b3-34d9ef323901"
+  secret_group_id         = "432b91f1-ff6d-4b47-9f06-82debc236d90"
+  secret_name             = "example-kv-secret"
+  secret_description      = "Extended description for the key-value secret."
+  secret_type             = "key_value"
+  secret_kv_data          = {"key1":"value"} #pragma: allowlist secret
+}
+```
 ### Required IAM access policies
 You need the following permissions to run this module.
 
@@ -169,6 +192,7 @@ No modules.
 |------|------|
 | [ibm_sm_arbitrary_secret.arbitrary_secret](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/sm_arbitrary_secret) | resource |
 | [ibm_sm_imported_certificate.imported_cert](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/sm_imported_certificate) | resource |
+| [ibm_sm_kv_secret.kv_secret](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/sm_kv_secret) | resource |
 | [ibm_sm_service_credentials_secret.service_credentials_secret](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/sm_service_credentials_secret) | resource |
 | [ibm_sm_username_password_secret.username_password_secret](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/sm_username_password_secret) | resource |
 
@@ -187,6 +211,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_secret_auto_rotation_unit"></a> [secret\_auto\_rotation\_unit](#input\_secret\_auto\_rotation\_unit) | Specifies the unit of time for rotation of a username\_password secret. Acceptable values are `day` or `month`. | `string` | `"day"` | no |
 | <a name="input_secret_description"></a> [secret\_description](#input\_secret\_description) | Description of the secret to create. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_secret_group_id"></a> [secret\_group\_id](#input\_secret\_group\_id) | The ID of the secret group for the secret. If `null`, the `default` secret group is used. | `string` | `"default"` | no |
+| <a name="input_secret_kv_data"></a> [secret\_kv\_data](#input\_secret\_kv\_data) | key-value secret data | `map(string)` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_secret_labels"></a> [secret\_labels](#input\_secret\_labels) | Labels of the secret to create. Up to 30 labels can be created. Labels can be 2 - 30 characters, including spaces. Special characters that are not permitted include the angled brackets (<>), comma (,), colon (:), ampersand (&), and vertical pipe character (\|). | `list(string)` | `[]` | no |
 | <a name="input_secret_name"></a> [secret\_name](#input\_secret\_name) | Name of the secret to create. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_secret_payload_password"></a> [secret\_payload\_password](#input\_secret\_payload\_password) | The payload (for arbitrary secrets) or password (for username and password credentials) of the secret. | `string` | `""` | no |
diff --git a/examples/complete/README.md b/examples/complete/README.md
index 0d020ed..9cf8c8c 100644
--- a/examples/complete/README.md
+++ b/examples/complete/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Creates new secrets-manager instance (if existing instance GUID not passed in)
 - Creates new secret group
 - Creates an arbitrary type secret in the secret group
+- Creates an key-value type secret in the secret group
 - Creates a username_password type secret in the secret group
 - Creates a TLS cert, and adds it to secrets manager as an imported_cert secret type in the secret group
 - Retrieves metadata for all the secrets created
diff --git a/examples/complete/main.tf b/examples/complete/main.tf
index c2eb6dd..a480729 100644
--- a/examples/complete/main.tf
+++ b/examples/complete/main.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 locals {
   payload = sensitive("secret-payload-example")
+  kv_data = { "key1" : "value", "key2" : true, "key3" : 4 }
 
   sm_guid   = var.existing_sm_instance_guid == null ? module.secrets_manager[0].secrets_manager_guid : var.existing_sm_instance_guid
   sm_region = var.existing_sm_instance_region == null ? var.region : var.existing_sm_instance_region
@@ -234,3 +235,28 @@ module "secret_manager_service_credential" {
   service_credentials_parameters              = { "service-endpoints" : "public" }
   custom_metadata                             = { "metadata_custom_key" : "metadata_custom_value" } # can add any custom metadata here
 }
+
+##############################################################################
+# Example working with key-value secret
+##############################################################################
+
+# create key-value secret
+module "secrets_manager_key_value_secret" {
+  source               = "../.."
+  region               = local.sm_region
+  secrets_manager_guid = local.sm_guid
+  secret_group_id      = module.secrets_manager_group.secret_group_id
+  secret_name          = "${var.prefix}-key-value-secret"
+  secret_description   = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module complete example"
+  secret_type          = "key_value"
+  secret_kv_data       = local.kv_data
+  secret_labels        = local.secret_labels
+  custom_metadata      = { "metadata_custom_key" : "metadata_custom_value" } # can add any custom metadata here
+}
+
+# retrieving information about the key-value secret
+data "ibm_sm_kv_secret" "kv_secret" {
+  instance_id = local.sm_guid
+  region      = local.sm_region
+  secret_id   = module.secrets_manager_key_value_secret.secret_id
+}
diff --git a/examples/complete/outputs.tf b/examples/complete/outputs.tf
index 8b04181..b669c54 100644
--- a/examples/complete/outputs.tf
+++ b/examples/complete/outputs.tf
@@ -83,3 +83,25 @@ output "service_credential_secret_crn" {
   description = "CRN of the created service_credential secret"
   value       = module.secret_manager_service_credential.secret_crn
 }
+
+output "kv_secret_id" {
+  description = "ID of the created kv_secret_id secret"
+  value       = module.secrets_manager_key_value_secret.secret_id
+}
+
+output "kv_secret_crn" {
+  description = "CRN of the created kv_secret_id secret"
+  value       = module.secrets_manager_key_value_secret.secret_crn
+}
+
+output "kv_secret_nonsensitive_payload" {
+  value       = nonsensitive(data.ibm_sm_kv_secret.kv_secret.data)
+  description = "accessing key value secret"
+  sensitive   = false
+}
+
+output "kv_secret_payload" {
+  value       = data.ibm_sm_kv_secret.kv_secret.data
+  sensitive   = true
+  description = "accessing key value secret"
+}
diff --git a/examples/private/main.tf b/examples/private/main.tf
index c21589b..c52f2f9 100644
--- a/examples/private/main.tf
+++ b/examples/private/main.tf
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 locals {
-  payload       = sensitive("secret-payload-example")
+  payload = sensitive("secret-payload-example")
+  kv_data = { "key1" : "value", "key2" : true, "key3" : 4 }
+
   secret_labels = [var.prefix, var.region]
   sm_region     = var.existing_sm_instance_region == null ? var.region : var.existing_sm_instance_region
 }
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ module "secrets_manager_group" {
   region                   = local.sm_region
   secrets_manager_guid     = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
   secret_group_name        = "${var.prefix}-group"
-  secret_group_description = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module complete example"
+  secret_group_description = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module private example"
   endpoint_type            = "private"
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ module "secrets_manager_arbitrary_secret" {
   secrets_manager_guid    = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
   secret_group_id         = module.secrets_manager_group.secret_group_id
   secret_name             = "${var.prefix}-arbitrary-secret"
-  secret_description      = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module complete example"
+  secret_description      = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module private example"
   secret_type             = "arbitrary" #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
   secret_payload_password = local.payload
   secret_labels           = local.secret_labels
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ module "secrets_manager_user_pass_secret" {
   secrets_manager_guid    = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
   secret_group_id         = module.secrets_manager_group.secret_group_id
   secret_name             = "${var.prefix}-user-pass-secret"
-  secret_description      = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module complete example"
+  secret_description      = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module private example"
   secret_type             = "username_password" #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
   secret_payload_password = local.payload
   secret_username         = "terraform-user" #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ module "secrets_manager_user_pass_no_rotate_secret" {
   secrets_manager_guid    = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
   secret_group_id         = module.secrets_manager_group.secret_group_id
   secret_name             = "${var.prefix}-user-pass-no-rotate-secret"
-  secret_description      = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module complete example"
+  secret_description      = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module private example"
   secret_type             = "username_password" #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
   secret_payload_password = local.payload
   secret_username         = "terraform-user" #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ module "secret_manager_imported_cert" {
   secrets_manager_guid       = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
   secret_name                = "${var.prefix}-imported-cert"
   secret_group_id            = module.secrets_manager_group.secret_group_id
-  secret_description         = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module complete example"
+  secret_description         = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module private example"
   secret_type                = "imported_cert" #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
   imported_cert_certificate  = resource.tls_locally_signed_cert.cert.cert_pem
   imported_cert_private_key  = resource.tls_private_key.key.private_key_pem
@@ -231,9 +233,34 @@ module "secret_manager_service_credential" {
   secrets_manager_guid                        = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
   secret_name                                 = "${var.prefix}-service-credentials"
   secret_group_id                             = module.secrets_manager_group.secret_group_id
-  secret_description                          = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module complete example"
+  secret_description                          = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module private example"
   secret_type                                 = "service_credentials" #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
   service_credentials_source_service_crn      = module.cloud_object_storage.cos_instance_id
   service_credentials_source_service_role_crn = "crn:v1:bluemix:public:iam::::serviceRole:Writer"
   endpoint_type                               = "private"
 }
+##############################################################################
+# Example working with key-value secret
+##############################################################################
+
+# create key-value secret
+module "secrets_manager_key_value_secret" {
+  source               = "../.."
+  region               = local.sm_region
+  secrets_manager_guid = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
+  secret_group_id      = module.secrets_manager_group.secret_group_id
+  secret_name          = "${var.prefix}-key-value-secret"
+  secret_description   = "created by secrets-manager-secret-module private example"
+  secret_type          = "key_value"
+  secret_kv_data       = local.kv_data
+  secret_labels        = local.secret_labels
+  endpoint_type        = "private"
+}
+
+# retrieving information about the key-value secret
+data "ibm_sm_kv_secret" "kv_secret" {
+  instance_id   = module.secrets_manager.secrets_manager_guid
+  region        = local.sm_region
+  secret_id     = module.secrets_manager_key_value_secret.secret_id
+  endpoint_type = "private"
+}
diff --git a/examples/private/outputs.tf b/examples/private/outputs.tf
index 8b04181..b669c54 100644
--- a/examples/private/outputs.tf
+++ b/examples/private/outputs.tf
@@ -83,3 +83,25 @@ output "service_credential_secret_crn" {
   description = "CRN of the created service_credential secret"
   value       = module.secret_manager_service_credential.secret_crn
 }
+
+output "kv_secret_id" {
+  description = "ID of the created kv_secret_id secret"
+  value       = module.secrets_manager_key_value_secret.secret_id
+}
+
+output "kv_secret_crn" {
+  description = "CRN of the created kv_secret_id secret"
+  value       = module.secrets_manager_key_value_secret.secret_crn
+}
+
+output "kv_secret_nonsensitive_payload" {
+  value       = nonsensitive(data.ibm_sm_kv_secret.kv_secret.data)
+  description = "accessing key value secret"
+  sensitive   = false
+}
+
+output "kv_secret_payload" {
+  value       = data.ibm_sm_kv_secret.kv_secret.data
+  sensitive   = true
+  description = "accessing key value secret"
+}
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index fa761c2..d1a3dcc 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -116,19 +116,34 @@ resource "ibm_sm_service_credentials_secret" "service_credentials_secret" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "ibm_sm_kv_secret" "kv_secret" {
+  count           = var.secret_type == "key_value" ? 1 : 0
+  region          = var.region
+  instance_id     = var.secrets_manager_guid
+  secret_group_id = var.secret_group_id
+  name            = var.secret_name
+  description     = var.secret_description
+  labels          = var.secret_labels
+  data            = var.secret_kv_data
+  endpoint_type   = var.endpoint_type
+  custom_metadata = var.custom_metadata
+}
+
 # Parse secret ID and generate data header for secrets
 locals {
   secret_id = (
     var.secret_type == "username_password" ? ibm_sm_username_password_secret.username_password_secret[0].secret_id :
     var.secret_type == "imported_cert" ? ibm_sm_imported_certificate.imported_cert[0].secret_id :
     var.secret_type == "service_credentials" ? ibm_sm_service_credentials_secret.service_credentials_secret[0].secret_id :
-    var.secret_type == "arbitrary" ? ibm_sm_arbitrary_secret.arbitrary_secret[0].secret_id : null
+    var.secret_type == "arbitrary" ? ibm_sm_arbitrary_secret.arbitrary_secret[0].secret_id :
+    var.secret_type == "key_value" ? ibm_sm_kv_secret.kv_secret[0].secret_id : null
   )
   secret_crn = (
     var.secret_type == "username_password" ? ibm_sm_username_password_secret.username_password_secret[0].crn :
     var.secret_type == "imported_cert" ? ibm_sm_imported_certificate.imported_cert[0].crn :
     var.secret_type == "service_credentials" ? ibm_sm_service_credentials_secret.service_credentials_secret[0].crn :
-    var.secret_type == "arbitrary" ? ibm_sm_arbitrary_secret.arbitrary_secret[0].crn : null
+    var.secret_type == "arbitrary" ? ibm_sm_arbitrary_secret.arbitrary_secret[0].crn :
+    var.secret_type == "key_value" ? ibm_sm_kv_secret.kv_secret[0].crn : null
   )
   #tfsec:ignore:general-secrets-no-plaintext-exposure
   secret_auto_rotation_frequency = var.secret_auto_rotation == true ? "${var.secret_auto_rotation_interval} ${var.secret_auto_rotation_unit}(s)" : null #tfsec:ignore:general-secrets-no-plaintext-exposure
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 6c7e3ad..3592d82 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ variable "secret_type" {
   description = "Type of secret to create, must be one of: arbitrary, username_password, imported_cert, service_credentials"
 
   validation {
-    condition     = contains(["arbitrary", "username_password", "imported_cert", "service_credentials"], var.secret_type) #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
-    error_message = "Only supported secrets types are arbitrary, username_password, imported_cert, or service_credentials"
+    condition     = contains(["arbitrary", "username_password", "imported_cert", "key_value", "service_credentials"], var.secret_type) #checkov:skip=CKV_SECRET_6
+    error_message = "Only supported secrets types are arbitrary, username_password, key_value , imported_cert, or service_credentials"
   }
 
   validation {
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ variable "secret_type" {
     error_message = "When creating a username_password or arbitrary secret, a value for `secret_payload_password` is required."
   }
 
+  validation {
+    condition     = var.secret_type == "key_value" ? var.secret_kv_data != null : true
+    error_message = "When creating a key_value secret, a value for `secret_kv_data` is required."
+  }
+
   validation {
     condition     = var.secret_type == "imported_cert" ? var.imported_cert_certificate != null : true
     error_message = "When creating an imported_cert secret, value for `imported_cert_certificate` cannot be null."
@@ -96,6 +101,13 @@ variable "secret_payload_password" {
   default     = "" #tfsec:ignore:general-secrets-no-plaintext-exposure
 }
 
+variable "secret_kv_data" {
+  type        = map(string)
+  description = "key-value secret data"
+  sensitive   = true
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "secret_auto_rotation" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Whether to configure automatic rotation. Applies only to the `username_password` and `service_credentials` secret types."