diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-deployments.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-deployments.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6555a838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-deployments.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Validate Deployment methods
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - "charts/ext-postgres-operator/**"
+      - "config/**"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - "charts/ext-postgres-operator/**"
+      - "config/**"
+
+jobs:
+  validate-helm:
+    name: Validate Helm Chart
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v3
+        with:
+          version: "latest"
+
+      - name: Lint Helm chart
+        run: helm lint ./charts/ext-postgres-operator
+
+      - name: Template Helm chart
+        run: helm template ext-postgres-operator ./charts/ext-postgres-operator > /dev/null
+
+  validate-kustomize:
+    name: Validate Kustomize Configuration
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate Kustomize configuration
+        run: kustomize build ./config/default > /dev/null
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e580268a..a2413834 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,19 +118,9 @@ data:
 
 To install the operator using Kustomize, follow these steps:
 
-1. Configure Postgres credentials for the operator in `config/secret.yaml`.
+1. Configure Postgres credentials for the operator in `config/default/secret.yaml`.
 
-2. Create the namespace if needed:
-   ```bash
-   kubectl apply -f config/namespace.yaml
-   ```
-
-3. Apply the secret:
-   ```bash
-   kubectl apply -f deploy/secret.yaml
-   ```
-
-4. Deploy the operator:
+2. Deploy the operator:
    ```bash
    kubectl kustomize config/default/ | kubectl apply -f -
    ```
diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
index cd836034..776f2c8c 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ namespace: operators
 
 resources:
   - namespace.yaml
+  - secret.yaml
   - ../crd
   - ../rbac
   - ../manager
diff --git a/config/secret.yaml b/config/default/secret.yaml
similarity index 68%
rename from config/secret.yaml
rename to config/default/secret.yaml
index 090c3e78..6d1d33b5 100644
--- a/config/secret.yaml
+++ b/config/default/secret.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: ext-postgres-operator
 type: Opaque
 data:
-  POSTGRES_HOST: cG9zdGdyZXMuZGF0YWJhc2Vz
+  POSTGRES_HOST: cG9zdGdyZXNxbA==
   POSTGRES_USER: cG9zdGdyZXM=
-  POSTGRES_PASS: YWRtaW4xMjM=
+  POSTGRES_PASS: cG9zdGdyZXM=
   POSTGRES_URI_ARGS: c3NsbW9kZT1kaXNhYmxl