diff --git a/roles/communishift/tasks/deploy-communishift-authorization-operator.yml b/roles/communishift/tasks/deploy-communishift-authorization-operator.yml
index 56e8e88092..0a7d3af08f 100644
--- a/roles/communishift/tasks/deploy-communishift-authorization-operator.yml
+++ b/roles/communishift/tasks/deploy-communishift-authorization-operator.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,24 @@
 
 
 - name: Create the CommunishiftAuthorization operator k8s Secret
+  community.okd.k8s:
+    api_key: "{{ communishift_ocp_api_token }}"
+    host: "{{ communishift_ocp_api_host }}"
+    state: present
+    definition:
+      apiVersion: v1
+      kind: Secret
+      metadata:
+        name: "communishift-authorization-operator-k8s-secret"
+        namespace: "communishift-authorization-operator"
+      data:
+        communishift-ocp-api-token:
+          "{{ communishift_ocp_api_token | b64encode }}"
+        communishift-ocp-api-host:
+          "{{ communishift_ocp_api_host | b64encode }}"
+
+
+- name: Create the CommunishiftAuthorization operator keytab k8s Secret
   community.okd.k8s:
     api_key: "{{ communishift_ocp_api_token }}"
     host: "{{ communishift_ocp_api_host }}"