diff --git a/pkg/KubeArmorOperator/common/defaults.go b/pkg/KubeArmorOperator/common/defaults.go
index 6d4d7c8fa..40cff161c 100644
--- a/pkg/KubeArmorOperator/common/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/KubeArmorOperator/common/defaults.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ var (
 			Url:             "",
 			AlertsIndexName: "kubearmor-alerts",
 			Auth: opv1.ElasticSearchAuth{
-				SecretName:  "",
+				SecretName:  "elastic-secret",
 				UserNameKey: "username",
 				PasswordKey: "password",
 			},