diff --git a/charts/pre-gardenlet/Chart.yaml b/charts/pre-gardenlet/Chart.yaml
index e207bbc..ab0e116 100644
--- a/charts/pre-gardenlet/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/pre-gardenlet/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: pre-gardenlet
 description: A Helm chart for preparing the gardenlet installation
-version: 1.40.0
+version: 1.41.0
diff --git a/charts/pre-gardenlet/templates/secrets.yaml b/charts/pre-gardenlet/templates/secrets.yaml
index fa0c667..f89f237 100644
--- a/charts/pre-gardenlet/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/charts/pre-gardenlet/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: {{ .name }}
   namespace: {{ .namespace }}
+data:
+  {{- toYaml .data | nindent 2 }}
 stringData: 
   {{- toYaml .stringData | nindent 2 }}
 {{- end }}    
diff --git a/charts/pre-gardenlet/values.yaml b/charts/pre-gardenlet/values.yaml
index 49dd43a..2bcf185 100644
--- a/charts/pre-gardenlet/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/pre-gardenlet/values.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ global:
   token:
     id: "12345a"                # 6-digit
     secret: "1234567890abcdef"  # 16-digit
-#  additionalSecrets:
-#    - name: testsecret
-#      namespace: testsecretnamespace
-#      stringData:
-#        test: test
-#        test2: test
+  additionalSecrets:
+    - name: testsecret
+      namespace: testsecretnamespace
+      stringData:
+        test2: test
+      data:
+        test: dGVzdAo=