diff --git a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java
index 1b14c887fcb803405a30c07229c1f6c62199e8be..8f5eaaf9f7d22ae7ca470010be13dc8cf15c7fe0 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconciler.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgCloudElasticsearch
 		log.info("get password for elastic user...");
 		log.info(String.format("from secret string map: %s", secret.getStringData()));
 		log.info(String.format("from secret data map: %s", secret.getData()));
-		return MapUtils.getString(secret.getStringData(), OzgCloudElasticsearchSecretHelper.CREDENTIAL_SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD);
+		return MapUtils.getString(secret.getData(), OzgCloudElasticsearchSecretHelper.CREDENTIAL_SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD);
 	}
 	
 	UpdateControl<OzgCloudElasticsearchCustomResource> buildExceptionUpdateControl(OzgCloudElasticsearchCustomResource resource, Exception e) {
diff --git a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconcilerTest.java b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconcilerTest.java
index fc7c8ef1bca723311114d77e12a78782c485e1a7..d75e012095a6f419bc80ac8502cfc8abdecc0692 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconcilerTest.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-elasticsearch-operator/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/ElasticsearchReconcilerTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ElasticsearchReconcilerTest {
 		private final OzgCloudElasticsearchCustomResource resource = ElasticsearchCustomResourceTestFactory.create();
 		
 		private final static String PASSWORD = "dummyPassword";
-		private final Secret secret = SecretTestFactory.createBuilder().addToStringData(OzgCloudElasticsearchSecretHelper.CREDENTIAL_SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD, PASSWORD).build();
+		private final Secret secret = SecretTestFactory.createBuilder().addToData(OzgCloudElasticsearchSecretHelper.CREDENTIAL_SECRET_PASSWORD_FIELD, PASSWORD).build();
 		
 		@DisplayName("process flow")
 		@Nested