diff --git a/stable/anchore-engine/Chart.yaml b/stable/anchore-engine/Chart.yaml
index 8095e9733d..27df955906 100644
--- a/stable/anchore-engine/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/anchore-engine/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: anchore-engine
-version: 1.5.0
+version: 1.5.1
 appVersion: 0.7.0
 description: Anchore container analysis and policy evaluation engine service
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/anchore-engine/templates/api_deployment.yaml b/stable/anchore-engine/templates/api_deployment.yaml
index 1abb4be0b8..1446a5bbbb 100644
--- a/stable/anchore-engine/templates/api_deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/anchore-engine/templates/api_deployment.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ spec:
         - name: ANCHORE_CLI_PASS
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
-              name: {{ include "anchore-engine.fullname" . }}
+              name: {{ default (include "anchore-engine.fullname" .) .Values.anchoreGlobal.existingSecret }}
               key: ANCHORE_ADMIN_PASSWORD
         ports:
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.anchoreApi.service.port }}