diff --git a/otc/infra-test.t09.de/stacks/observability-client/vector/values.yaml b/otc/infra-test.t09.de/stacks/observability-client/vector/values.yaml
index 5303ac1..0299748 100644
--- a/otc/infra-test.t09.de/stacks/observability-client/vector/values.yaml
+++ b/otc/infra-test.t09.de/stacks/observability-client/vector/values.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ args:
   - -w
   - --config-dir
   - /etc/vector/
+env:
+  - name: VECTOR_USER
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: simple-user-secret
+        key: username
+  - name: VECTOR_PASSWORD
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: simple-user-secret
+        key: password
 containerPorts:
   - name: prom-exporter
     containerPort: 9090
@@ -40,8 +51,8 @@ customConfig:
         - https://o12y.observability.t09.de/insert/elasticsearch/
       auth:
         strategy: basic
-        user: simple-user
-        password: simple-password  
+        user: ${VECTOR_USER}
+        password: ${VECTOR_PASSWORD}
       mode: bulk
       api_version: v8
       compression: gzip
@@ -54,4 +65,4 @@ customConfig:
       query:
         _msg_field: _msg
         _time_field: _time
-        _stream_fields: cluster_environment,kubernetes.container_name,kubernetes.namespace       
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+        _stream_fields: cluster_environment,kubernetes.container_name,kubernetes.namespace
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