diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml
index 337c2ba..3368fde 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.name }}-user-data
 type: Opaque
-string:
+data:
   userdata: {{ $userDataYaml | b64enc }}