diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml
index c07bd52..a9763c9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml
@@ -18,9 +18,33 @@
 # Global values
 global:
   pullPolicy: Always
-image: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.ves-openapi-manager:1.2.0
+image: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.ves-openapi-manager:1.3.0
 containerPort: &svc_port 8080
 
+secrets:
+  - uid: ves-openapi-kafka-secret
+    externalSecret: '{{ tpl (default "" .Values.config.jaasConfExternalSecret) . }}'
+    type: genericKV
+    envs:
+      - name: sasl.jaas.config
+        value: '{{ .Values.config.someConfig }}'
+        policy: generate
+
+# application configuration
+config:
+  someConfig: blah
+  kafka:
+    bootstrapServer: strimzi-kafka-bootstrap:9092
+    securityProtocol: SASL_PLAINTEXT
+    saslMechanism: SCRAM-SHA-512
+    authType: simple
+    sdcTopic:
+      pattern: SDC-DIST
+      consumerGroup: dcaegen2
+      clientId: ves-openapi-manager
+
+vesOpenApiKafkaUser: ves-open-api-kafka-user
+
 service:
   ports:
     - name: &port http
@@ -45,7 +69,6 @@
 
 readinessCheck:
   wait_for:
-  - message-router
   - sdc-be
 
 flavor: small