diff --git a/charts/camunda-platform-alpha/templates/camunda/secret-camunda-license.yaml b/charts/camunda-platform-alpha/templates/camunda/secret-camunda-license.yaml
index b1ae0d7724..2b6851b8f7 100644
--- a/charts/camunda-platform-alpha/templates/camunda/secret-camunda-license.yaml
+++ b/charts/camunda-platform-alpha/templates/camunda/secret-camunda-license.yaml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml .Values.global.annotations | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
 data:
-  CAMUNDA_LICENSE_KEY: '{{ .Values.global.license.key | b64enc }}'
+  CAMUNDA_LICENSE_KEY: '{{ .Values.global.license.key | default "" | b64enc }}'
 {{- end }}