diff --git a/agents/k8s/gumbo-externalsecrets.yaml b/agents/k8s/gumbo-externalsecrets.yaml
index 4f7095e..9b36645 100644
--- a/agents/k8s/gumbo-externalsecrets.yaml
+++ b/agents/k8s/gumbo-externalsecrets.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ spec:
     - secretKey: uri
       remoteRef:
         key: GUMBO_DB_URI
-        decodingStrategy: Base64
 ---
 apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
 kind: ExternalSecret
@@ -65,4 +64,3 @@ spec:
     - secretKey: dsn
       remoteRef:
         key: GUMBO_DB_URI
-        decodingStrategy: Base64
diff --git a/ai-core/temporal/externalsecret-db-creds.yaml b/ai-core/temporal/externalsecret-db-creds.yaml
index 24a02f3..03a6827 100644
--- a/ai-core/temporal/externalsecret-db-creds.yaml
+++ b/ai-core/temporal/externalsecret-db-creds.yaml
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@ spec:
     - secretKey: password
       remoteRef:
         key: TEMPORAL_DB_PASSWORD
-        decodingStrategy: Base64
diff --git a/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml b/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml
index ed86006..f6c7882 100644
--- a/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml
+++ b/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ schema:
     enabled: true
 server:
   replicaCount: 1
-  # Inject DB password from the ExternalSecret-managed Secret
+  # Inject DB password from the CNPG-managed Secret
   extraEnv:
     - name: TEMPORAL_DB_PASSWORD
       valueFrom: