diff --git a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
index cc6d5bb7..c54af74a 100644
--- a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
+++ b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ definitions:
       - ls -lrth && cd build/${ENV}
       - curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip" && unzip awscliv2.zip && ./aws/install      
       - export DB_PASSWORD=$(aws ssm get-parameters --names $ENV-medicalalert-masterdbpass  --query "Parameters[*].{Value:Value}" --output text)
-      - export DB_PASSWORD=`echo -n "$DB_PASSWORD" | base64` &&  sed -i "/DB_PASSWORD/c\  DB_PASSWORD\: $DB_PASSWORD" secrets.yaml
+      - export DB_PASSWORD=`echo -n "$DB_PASSWORD" | base64` &&  sed -i "/DB_PASSWORD/c\  'DB_PASSWORD:' $DB_PASSWORD" secrets.yaml
       - envsubst < deployment.tpl > deployment.yaml
       - cat deployment.yaml
       - pipe: atlassian/aws-eks-kubectl-run:2.2.0