diff --git a/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml b/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml
index f6c7882..5a539e6 100644
--- a/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml
+++ b/ai-core/temporal/helm-values.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ server:
           host: "agentic-os-pg-rw.platform-data.svc.cluster.local"
           port: 5432
           user: "agentic_os"
-          password: "${TEMPORAL_DB_PASSWORD}"
+          existingSecret: "temporal-db-creds"
           maxConns: 20
           maxIdleConns: 20
           maxConnLifetime: "1h"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ server:
           host: "agentic-os-pg-rw.platform-data.svc.cluster.local"
           port: 5432
           user: "agentic_os"
-          password: "${TEMPORAL_DB_PASSWORD}"
+          existingSecret: "temporal-db-creds"
           maxConns: 20
           maxIdleConns: 20
           maxConnLifetime: "1h"