diff --git a/charts/kubezero-mq/Chart.yaml b/charts/kubezero-mq/Chart.yaml
index 15281912..09dd2399 100644
--- a/charts/kubezero-mq/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubezero-mq/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: kubezero-mq
 description: KubeZero umbrella chart for MQ systems like NATS, RabbitMQ
 type: application
-version: 0.2.3
+version: 0.3.0
 home: https://kubezero.com
 icon: https://cdn.zero-downtime.net/assets/kubezero/logo-small-64.png
 keywords:
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ maintainers:
     email: stefan@zero-downtime.net
 dependencies:
   - name: kubezero-lib
-    version: ">= 0.1.3"
+    version: ">= 0.1.5"
     repository: https://cdn.zero-downtime.net/charts/
   - name: nats
     version: 0.8.4
     #repository: https://nats-io.github.io/k8s/helm/charts/
     condition: nats.enabled
   - name: rabbitmq
-    version: 9.0.3
+    version: 11.1.1
     repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
     condition: rabbitmq.enabled
 kubeVersion: ">= 1.20.0"
diff --git a/charts/kubezero-mq/templates/rabbitmq/_secret.yaml.txt b/charts/kubezero-mq/templates/rabbitmq/_secret.yaml.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19f5b337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/kubezero-mq/templates/rabbitmq/_secret.yaml.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+type: Opaque
+metadata:
+  name: rabbitmq
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "kubezero-lib.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+data:
+  rabbitmq-erlang-cookie: ""
+  rabbitmq-password: ""
diff --git a/charts/kubezero-mq/values.yaml b/charts/kubezero-mq/values.yaml
index 7e310ba4..5b2e937d 100644
--- a/charts/kubezero-mq/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubezero-mq/values.yaml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ rabbitmq:
     gateway: istio-ingress/private-ingressgateway
 
   auth:
-    password: "supersecret"
-    erlangCookie: "randomlongerlangcookie"
+    existingPasswordSecret: rabbitmq
+    existingErlangSecret: rabbitmq
     tls:
       enabled: false
       failIfNoPeerCert: false