diff --git a/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml b/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml
index 5627c6ca..8e36a410 100644
--- a/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml
+++ b/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ gitea:
     - name: FORGEJO__DATABASE__PASSWD
       valueFrom:
         secretKeyRef:
-          name: gitea-db-superuser
+          name: gitea-db-app
           key: password
     - name: FORGEJO__DATABASE__USER
       valueFrom:
         secretKeyRef:
-          name: gitea-db-superuser
+          name: gitea-db-app
           key: username
 
 memcached: