diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2565839..368c9d3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #============LICENSE_START========================================================
 # ================================================================================
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Nokia. All rights reserved.
+# Modifications Copyright © 2023 Nordix Foundation.
 # ================================================================================
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -46,15 +47,14 @@
           {{ end }}
           env:
           - name: SDC_ADDRESS
-            value: {{ .Values.externalServices.sdc_be_https }}
+            value: sdc-be.{{include "common.namespace" .}}:8080
           - name: SCHEMA_MAP_PATH
             value: {{ .Values.schemaMap.directory }}/{{ .Values.schemaMap.filename }}
-          - name: SECURITY_PROTOCOL
-            value: {{ .Values.config.kafka.securityProtocol }}
-          - name: SASL_MECHANISM
-            value: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslMechanism }}
           - name: SASL_JAAS_CONFIG
-            {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "ves-openapi-kafka-secret" "key" "sasl.jaas.config") | indent 12 }}
+            valueFrom:
+              secretKeyRef:
+                name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-ku
+                key: sasl.jaas.config
           volumeMounts:
             - name: schema-map
               mountPath: {{ .Values.schemaMap.directory }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/kafkauser.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/kafkauser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fc37c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/kafkauser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2023 Nordix Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+{{ include "common.kafkauser" . }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/ves-openapi-sdc-dist-kafka-user.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/ves-openapi-sdc-dist-kafka-user.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f9d0ca..0000000
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/ves-openapi-sdc-dist-kafka-user.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-# Copyright © 2022 Nordix Foundation
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-*/}}
-apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
-kind: KafkaUser
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.release" . }}-{{ .Values.vesOpenApiKafkaUser }}
-  labels:
-    strimzi.io/cluster: {{ include "common.release" . }}-strimzi
-spec:
-  authentication:
-    type: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslMechanism | lower }}
-  authorization:
-    type: {{ .Values.config.kafka.authType }}
-    acls:
-    - resource:
-        type: group
-        name: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.consumerGroup }}
-      operation: Read
-    - resource:
-        type: topic
-        patternType: prefix
-        name: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.pattern }}
-      operation: All