diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index e0062efb5d61c94dc20caa7a16e4590115c26678..f0fef2523d2dcb26333470a59ce1b12de1a105ea 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ app.kubernetes.io/namespace: {{ include "app.namespace" . }}
 app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ozgcloud
 app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ include "app.version" . }}
 helm.sh/chart: {{ include "app.chart" . }}
-ozgcloud-mongodb-client: true
+ozgcloud-mongodb-client: "true"
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{- define "app.matchLabels" }}
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_labels_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_labels_test.yaml
index 02bf6e324b0eb1222b9c9ae60f627be9e9408f41..2da97b8d96822e1d1779a2c231bda34c45c212cc 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_labels_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_labels_test.yaml
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: metadata.labels["ozgcloud-mongodb-client"]
-          value: true
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+          value: "true"
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