diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 6effa40e9c88813be3b96611bee410a7f7480ad2..ab423e16f5310c6877bca73c6653625d4b3a5d92 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ app.kubernetes.io/namespace: {{ include "app.namespace" . }}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{- define "app.dictToList" -}}
+{{- $customList := list -}}
 {{- range $key, $value := . -}}
-- name: {{ $key }}
-  value: {{ $value }}
+{{- $customList = append $customList (dict "name" $key "value" $value) }}
 {{- end -}}
+{{- $customList | toYaml -}}
 {{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
index 6ba187adc9668db175feadd3026645ff68817a1e..573afcbdd936a8c2721f1706297fa5fca68f5d16 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
@@ -35,22 +35,35 @@ tests:
       env.customList:
         - name: my_test_environment_name
           value: "A test value"
+        - name: test_environment
+          value: "B test value"
     asserts:
       - contains:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
           content:
             name: my_test_environment_name
             value: "A test value"
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+          content:
+            name: test_environment
+            value: "B test value"
   - it: check customList as dict
     set:
       env.customList:
         my_test_environment_name: "A test value"
+        test_environment: "B test value"
     asserts:
       - contains:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
           content:
             name: my_test_environment_name
             value: "A test value"
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+          content:
+            name: test_environment
+            value: "B test value"
 
   - it: check customList test value is not set by default
     asserts: