diff --git a/docs/source/deployment/k8s.md b/docs/source/deployment/k8s.md
index a7d796091b06c..760214e112fba 100644
--- a/docs/source/deployment/k8s.md
+++ b/docs/source/deployment/k8s.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ metadata:
   name: hf-token-secret
   namespace: default
 type: Opaque
-data:
+stringData:
   token: "REPLACE_WITH_TOKEN"
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/chart-helm/templates/secrets.yaml b/examples/chart-helm/templates/secrets.yaml
index 4e88e747b616a..923fd611ad7a2 100644
--- a/examples/chart-helm/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/examples/chart-helm/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-secrets"
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 type: Opaque
-data:
+stringData:
   {{- range $key, $val := .Values.secrets }}
   {{ $key }}: {{ $val | b64enc | quote }}
   {{- end }}
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