diff --git a/kubernetes/strimzi/templates/strimzi-kafka-admin-user.yaml b/kubernetes/strimzi/templates/strimzi-kafka-admin-user.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2653c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/strimzi/templates/strimzi-kafka-admin-user.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{{/*
+# 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: {{ .Values.kafkaStrimziAdminUser }}
+  labels:
+    strimzi.io/cluster: {{ include "common.release" . }}-strimzi
+spec:
+  authentication:
+    type: {{ .Values.saslMechanism }}
+  authorization:
+    type: simple
+    acls:
+    - resource:
+        type: group
+        name: onap-group
+      operation: Read
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diff --git a/kubernetes/strimzi/templates/strimzi-kafka.yaml b/kubernetes/strimzi/templates/strimzi-kafka.yaml
index a94879b..df3afee 100644
--- a/kubernetes/strimzi/templates/strimzi-kafka.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/strimzi/templates/strimzi-kafka.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     authorization:
       type: simple
       superUsers:
-        - {{ include "common.release" . }}-{{ .Values.kafkaStrimziAdminUser }}
+        - {{ .Values.kafkaStrimziAdminUser }}
     template:
       pod:
         securityContext: