diff --git a/charts/scribe/Chart.yaml b/charts/scribe/Chart.yaml
index 81ec065..e287248 100644
--- a/charts/scribe/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/scribe/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 0.2.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/scribe/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/scribe/templates/deployment.yaml
index 72fb473..2938397 100644
--- a/charts/scribe/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/scribe/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,18 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ .Values.secrets.mockDb }}"
             - name: MONGODB_SECRET_NAME
               value: "{{ .Values.secrets.secretName }}"
-
+            {{- if .Values.secrets.kafkaAuth.enabled }}
+            - name: KAFKA_USERNAME
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: kafka-auth
+                  key: username
+            - name: KAFKA_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: kafka-auth
+                  key: password
+            {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.affinity }}
       affinity:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/scribe/templates/secrets.yaml b/charts/scribe/templates/secrets.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12471ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/scribe/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: kafka-auth
+  namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
+stringData:
+  username: {{ .Values.secrets.kafkaAuth.username }}
+  password: {{ .Values.secrets.kafkaAuth.password }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/scribe/values.yaml b/charts/scribe/values.yaml
index 2d43cad..210ed9d 100644
--- a/charts/scribe/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/scribe/values.yaml
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ secrets:
   mockDb: "True"
   #secretName: name of the secret stored in AWS Secret Manager containing MongoDB credentials
   secretName: ""
+  kafkaAuth:
+    enabled: false
+    username: ""
+    password: ""