diff --git a/templates/deployment.yaml b/templates/deployment.yaml
index 14abf7cc8d886f344bcd6c5559f292d0f253b137..5d7d5a8c4be30eeab5482802ce0d1b20cff64a73 100644
--- a/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ spec:
             value: {{ .Values.cache.nats.url | quote }}
           - name: NATS_SUBJECT
             value: {{ .Values.cache.nats.subject | quote }}
+          - name: AUTH_ENABLED
+            value: {{ .Values.auth.enabled | quote }}
 {{- if .Values.extraVars }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.extraVars | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}