diff --git a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/models/V1Secret.java b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/models/V1Secret.java
index 1ffbc1f5e9..5c8ccf3479 100644
--- a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/models/V1Secret.java
+++ b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/models/V1Secret.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o) {
     }
     V1Secret v1Secret = (V1Secret) o;
     return Objects.equals(this.apiVersion, v1Secret.apiVersion) &&
-        Objects.equals(this.data, v1Secret.data) &&
+        Objects.deepEquals(this.data, v1Secret.data) &&
         Objects.equals(this.kind, v1Secret.kind) &&
         Objects.equals(this.metadata, v1Secret.metadata) &&
         Objects.equals(this.stringData, v1Secret.stringData) &&
diff --git a/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/models/V1SecretTest.java b/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/models/V1SecretTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..411a354436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/models/V1SecretTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package io.kubernetes.client.models;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class V1SecretTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEquals() {
+    final Map<String, byte[]> data1 = new HashMap<>();
+    data1.put("foo", new byte[]{1, 2, 3, 4});
+    data1.put("bar", new byte[]{5, 6, 7, 8});
+    final V1Secret secret1 = new V1SecretBuilder()
+        .withData(data1)
+        .build();
+
+    final Map<String, byte[]> data2 = new HashMap<>();
+    data2.put("foo", new byte[]{1, 2, 3, 4});
+    data2.put("bar", new byte[]{5, 6, 7, 8});
+    final V1Secret secret2 = new V1SecretBuilder()
+        .withData(data2)
+        .build();
+
+    assertThat(secret1, equalTo(secret2));
+  }
+}