diff --git a/script/makefiles/deploy-dev.mk b/script/makefiles/deploy-dev.mk
index 012153564f0..5372f44077f 100644
--- a/script/makefiles/deploy-dev.mk
+++ b/script/makefiles/deploy-dev.mk
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ deploy-dependencies: deploy-dex deploy-openldap devel/localhost-cert.pem
 		--key ./devel/localhost-key.pem \
 		--cert ./devel/localhost-cert.pem
 	kubectl --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_CONFIG} -n kubeapps create secret generic postgresql-db \
-		--from-literal=postgres-postgres-password=dev-only-fake-password \
-		--from-literal=postgres-password=dev-only-fake-password
+		--from-literal=postgres-password=dev-only-fake-password \
+		--from-literal=password=dev-only-fake-password
 
 deploy-dev-kubeapps:
 	helm --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_CONFIG} upgrade --install kubeapps ./chart/kubeapps --namespace kubeapps --create-namespace \