diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/webhook-example/create-cert.sh b/deploy/kubernetes/webhook-example/create-cert.sh
index 5ec0db24..4cafaf1f 100755
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/webhook-example/create-cert.sh
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/webhook-example/create-cert.sh
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ echo ${serverCert} | openssl base64 -d -A -out ${tmpdir}/server-cert.pem
 
 
 # create the secret with CA cert and server cert/key
-kubectl create secret generic ${secret} \
-        --from-file=key.pem=${tmpdir}/server-key.pem \
-        --from-file=cert.pem=${tmpdir}/server-cert.pem \
+kubectl create secret tls ${secret} \
+        --key=${tmpdir}/server-key.pem \
+        --cert=${tmpdir}/server-cert.pem \
         --dry-run=client -o yaml |
     kubectl -n ${namespace} apply -f -