diff --git a/charts/generic/Chart.yaml b/charts/generic/Chart.yaml
index 5d8fb9d..21f01ba 100644
--- a/charts/generic/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: generic
 description: Generic Chart
-version: 1.6.3
+version: 1.7.0
diff --git a/charts/generic/templates/secrets.yaml b/charts/generic/templates/secrets.yaml
index 74c2b24..1b536b7 100644
--- a/charts/generic/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ metadata:
   {{- with .annotations }}
   annotations: {{ toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
-type: Opaque
+type: {{ .type | default "Opaque" }}
 data:
   {{- range $key, $value := $secret.data }}
   {{ $key }}: {{ $value | b64enc | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/generic/values.yaml b/charts/generic/values.yaml
index 2dbed2b..398c6eb 100644
--- a/charts/generic/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic/values.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ rollme: false
 
 # secrets:
 #   - name: env
+#     # type: Opaque
 #     data:
 #       SOME_ENV: "example"