diff --git a/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/main.yml b/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/main.yml
index e8bc6ef7f..e4cc075ce 100644
--- a/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/main.yml
+++ b/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/main.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         name: ibm-registry
         namespace: "{{ db2_namespace }}"
       data:
-        .dockerconfigjson: "{{ new_secret | b64encode }}"
+        .dockerconfigjson: "{{ new_secret | to_json | b64encode }}"
   register: secretUpdateResult
 
 - name: "Delete old db2 subscription, operand request and csv from {{ ibm_common_services_namespace }}"
diff --git a/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/setup_norootsquash.yml b/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/setup_norootsquash.yml
index c6c66c04c..33636c808 100644
--- a/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/setup_norootsquash.yml
+++ b/ibm/mas_devops/roles/db2/tasks/install/setup_norootsquash.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         name: ibm-registry
         namespace: kube-system
       data:
-        .dockerconfigjson: "{{ new_secret | b64encode }}"
+        .dockerconfigjson: "{{ new_secret | to_json | b64encode }}"
   register: secretUpdateResult
 
 # 3. Create DaemonSet