diff --git a/charts/airbyte-cron/templates/cron-secrets.yaml b/charts/airbyte-cron/templates/cron-secrets.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1d22b17e7e23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/airbyte-cron/templates/cron-secrets.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Create secrets only for the local deployment
+{{- if .Values.secrets }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: cron-secrets
+  labels:
+    {{- include "airbyte.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  annotations:
+    helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade
+    helm.sh/hook-weight: "-1"
+
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  {{- range $k, $v := mergeOverwrite .Values.secrets .Values.global.secrets }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ if $v }}{{ $v | b64enc  }} {{else}}""{{end}}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/airbyte-cron/values.yaml b/charts/airbyte-cron/values.yaml
index 822932ecb957c..cc7e2f6d8ef10 100644
--- a/charts/airbyte-cron/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/airbyte-cron/values.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ global:
     secretValue: ""
     host: "example.com"
     port: "5432"
+  secrets: {}
 
 enabled: true
 ##  cron.replicaCount Number of cron replicas