diff --git a/docs/configuration/plugins/outputs/vmware_log_intelligence.md b/docs/configuration/plugins/outputs/vmware_log_intelligence.md
index 1d443e9f08..623d60f9d1 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/plugins/outputs/vmware_log_intelligence.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/plugins/outputs/vmware_log_intelligence.md
@@ -13,16 +13,20 @@ For details, see [https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligenc
 spec:
   vmwarelogintelligence:
     endpoint_url: https://data.upgrade.symphony-dev.com/le-mans/v1/streams/ingestion-pipeline-stream
-	verify_ssl: true
-	http_compress: false
-	headers:
-	  Content-Type: "application/json"
-	  Authorization: "Bearer 12345"
-	  structure: simple
-	buffer:
-	  chunk_limit_records: 300
-	  flush_interval: 3s
-	  retry_max_times: 3
+    verify_ssl: true
+    http_compress: false
+    headers:
+      Content-Type: "application/json"
+      Authorization:
+        valueFrom:
+          secretKeyRef:
+            name: vmware-log-intelligence-token
+            key: authorization
+      structure: simple
+    buffer:
+      chunk_limit_records: 300
+      flush_interval: 3s
+      retry_max_times: 3
 ```
 
 
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ Compress http request https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelli
 Required headers for sending logs to VMware Log Intelligence https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence?tab=readme-ov-file#label-3Cheaders-3E 
 
 
-### verify_ssl (bool, required) {#vmwarelogintelligence-verify_ssl}
+### verify_ssl (*bool, required) {#vmwarelogintelligence-verify_ssl}
 
 Verify SSL (default: true) https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence?tab=readme-ov-file#label-verify_ssl 
 
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/vmware_log_intelligence.go b/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/vmware_log_intelligence.go
index 5c7f9b3867..3179845d8e 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/vmware_log_intelligence.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/vmware_log_intelligence.go
@@ -31,16 +31,20 @@ For details, see [https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligenc
 spec:
   vmwarelogintelligence:
     endpoint_url: https://data.upgrade.symphony-dev.com/le-mans/v1/streams/ingestion-pipeline-stream
-	verify_ssl: true
-	http_compress: false
-	headers:
-	  Content-Type: "application/json"
-	  Authorization: "Bearer 12345"
-	  structure: simple
-	buffer:
-	  chunk_limit_records: 300
-	  flush_interval: 3s
-	  retry_max_times: 3
+    verify_ssl: true
+    http_compress: false
+    headers:
+      Content-Type: "application/json"
+      Authorization:
+        valueFrom:
+          secretKeyRef:
+            name: vmware-log-intelligence-token
+            key: authorization
+      structure: simple
+    buffer:
+      chunk_limit_records: 300
+      flush_interval: 3s
+      retry_max_times: 3
 ```
 */
 type _docVMWareLogIntelligence interface{} //nolint:deadcode,unused
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ type VMWareLogIntelligenceOutput struct {
 	// Log Intelligence endpoint to send logs to https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence?tab=readme-ov-file#label-endpoint_url
 	EndpointURL string `json:"endpoint_url"`
 	// Verify SSL (default: true) https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence?tab=readme-ov-file#label-verify_ssl
-	VerifySSL bool `json:"verify_ssl" plugin:"default:true"`
+	VerifySSL *bool `json:"verify_ssl" plugin:"default:true"`
 	// Compress http request https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence?tab=readme-ov-file#label-http_compress
 	HTTPCompress *bool `json:"http_compress,omitempty"`
 	// Required headers for sending logs to VMware Log Intelligence https://github.com/vmware/fluent-plugin-vmware-log-intelligence?tab=readme-ov-file#label-3Cheaders-3E
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 97a7398fcd..213aee9968 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1743,6 +1743,11 @@ func (in *SyslogOutputConfig) DeepCopy() *SyslogOutputConfig {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *VMWareLogIntelligenceOutput) DeepCopyInto(out *VMWareLogIntelligenceOutput) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.VerifySSL != nil {
+		in, out := &in.VerifySSL, &out.VerifySSL
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	if in.HTTPCompress != nil {
 		in, out := &in.HTTPCompress, &out.HTTPCompress
 		*out = new(bool)