diff --git a/charts/bpndiscovery/Chart.yaml b/charts/bpndiscovery/Chart.yaml
index a599f58..b4f14e0 100644
--- a/charts/bpndiscovery/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/bpndiscovery/Chart.yaml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/sldt-bpn-discovery
 
 type: application
-version: 0.1.15
-appVersion: 0.2.7
+version: 0.1.16
+appVersion: 0.2.8
 
 dependencies:
   - repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
diff --git a/charts/bpndiscovery/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/bpndiscovery/templates/secret.yaml
index b0e6b10..41e4891 100644
--- a/charts/bpndiscovery/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/bpndiscovery/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ data:
   BPNDISCOVERY_ALLOWED_TYPES: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.bpndiscoveryEndpoint.allowedTypes | b64enc }}
   BPNDISCOVERY_DESCRIPTION: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.bpndiscoveryEndpoint.description | b64enc }}
   BPNDISCOVERY_ENDPOINT_ADDRESS: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.bpndiscoveryEndpoint.endpointAddress | b64enc }}
-  BPNDISCOVERY_TIME_TO_LIVE: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.bpndiscoveryEndpoint.timeToLive | toString | b64enc }}
+  BPNDISCOVERY_TIME_TO_LIVE: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.bpndiscoveryEndpoint.timeToLive | b64enc }}
   BPNDISCOVERY_DOCUMENTATION: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.bpndiscoveryEndpoint.documentation | b64enc }}
   BPNDISCOVERY_IDM_PUBLIC_CLIENT_ID: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.idp.publicClientId | b64enc }}
   BPNDISCOVERY_IDM_BPN_ID_CLAIM_NAME: {{ .Values.bpndiscovery.idp.bpnIdClaimName | b64enc }}
diff --git a/charts/bpndiscovery/values.yaml b/charts/bpndiscovery/values.yaml
index dc0c262..4b9c297 100644
--- a/charts/bpndiscovery/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/bpndiscovery/values.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ bpndiscovery:
     description: "bpndiscovery"
     endpointAddress: "/bpndiscovery"
     documentation: "/bpndiscovery/swagger/index.html"
-    timeToLive: 31536000
+    timeToLive: "31536000"
   ## Configure discoveryFinderClient to register the bpn-discovery on discovery-finder.Properties needed for spring-security config.
   discoveryfinderClient:
     baseUrl: "/discoveryfinder"