diff --git a/charts/stable/gitea/templates/_configmap.tpl b/charts/stable/gitea/templates/_configmap.tpl
index b306a6046a6..ce4867d9303 100644
--- a/charts/stable/gitea/templates/_configmap.tpl
+++ b/charts/stable/gitea/templates/_configmap.tpl
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ data:
   GITEA_CUSTOM: "/data/gitea"
   GITEA_WORK_DIR: "/data"
   GITEA_TEMP: "/tmp/gitea"
-  GITEA_ADMIN_USERNAME: {{ .Values.admin.username }}
-  GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.admin.password }}
+  GITEA_ADMIN_USERNAME: {{ .Values.admin.username | quote }}
+  GITEA_ADMIN_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.admin.password | quote }}
   SSH_PORT: {{ .Values.service.ssh.ports.ssh.port | quote }}
   SSH_LISTEN_PORT: {{ .Values.service.ssh.ports.ssh.targetPort | quote }}
   TMPDIR: "/tmp/gitea"