diff --git a/platform/gitea/templates/admin-secret.yaml b/platform/gitea/templates/admin-secret.yaml
index d1224208..ce16cc43 100644
--- a/platform/gitea/templates/admin-secret.yaml
+++ b/platform/gitea/templates/admin-secret.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ spec:
     name: vault
   target:
     template:
+      engineVersion: v2
       data:
         username: gitea_admin
         password: {{` "{{ .password }}" `}}