diff --git a/stable/rabbitmq/Chart.yaml b/stable/rabbitmq/Chart.yaml
index 8633a529b715..6b1e091ce46a 100644
--- a/stable/rabbitmq/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/rabbitmq/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: rabbitmq
-version: 6.1.2
+version: 6.1.3
 appVersion: 3.7.15
 description: Open source message broker software that implements the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP)
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml b/stable/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 2940d11115e1..5724297cfdc8 100644
--- a/stable/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/stable/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ spec:
             ulimit -n "${RABBITMQ_ULIMIT_NOFILES}"
             {{- end }}
             #replace the default password that is generated
-            sed -i "s|CHANGEME|$RABBITMQ_PASSWORD|g" /opt/bitnami/rabbitmq/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf
+            sed -i "/CHANGEME/cdefault_pass=${RABBITMQ_PASSWORD//\\/\\\\}" /opt/bitnami/rabbitmq/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf
             #api check for probes
             cat > /opt/bitnami/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-api-check <<EOF
             #!/bin/sh