diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/storage/csi-driver-smb/app/externalsecret.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/storage/csi-driver-smb/app/externalsecret.yaml
index cb9d3de9..58d7ab72 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/storage/csi-driver-smb/app/externalsecret.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/storage/csi-driver-smb/app/externalsecret.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
 kind: ExternalSecret
 metadata:
   name: &name csi-driver-smb
+  namespace: storage
 spec:
   target:
     name: *name