diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/booklore/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/booklore/values.yaml
index e0e062594..6b3fad645 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/booklore/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/booklore/values.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ booklore:
 mariadb-cluster:
   mariadb:
     rootPasswordSecretKeyRef:
+      generate: false
       name: booklore-database-secret
       key: password
     storage: