diff --git a/playbook/ansible_playbook_tasks_setup_observability_platform.sh b/playbook/ansible_playbook_tasks_setup_observability_platform.sh
index 3ead4c61..b83d1c90 100644
--- a/playbook/ansible_playbook_tasks_setup_observability_platform.sh
+++ b/playbook/ansible_playbook_tasks_setup_observability_platform.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ cat > init_observability-server << EOF
         name: flagger-loadtester
       vars:
         group: master
-        update_secret: false
+        update_secret: true
         auto_issuance: false
         namespace: loadtester
         tls:
diff --git a/playbook/init_k3s_cluster_std b/playbook/init_k3s_cluster_std
index c60cb73b..0334e215 100644
--- a/playbook/init_k3s_cluster_std
+++ b/playbook/init_k3s_cluster_std
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@
         ingress: nginx
         gitops: enable
         external_dns: enable
-        auto_issuance: false
-        update_secret: false
+        auto_issuance: true
         config_repo: https://github.com/svc-design/gitops.git