diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index abdcd2f1..aee6762e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ repositories:
   username: optional_username
   password: optional_password
   oci: true
+  passCredentials: true
 # Advanced configuration: You can use a ca bundle to use an https repo
 # with a self-signed certificate
 - name: insecure
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_test.go b/pkg/app/app_test.go
index 26c3ac3e..8ff6794f 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_test.go
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ func (helm *mockHelmExec) SetExtraArgs(args ...string) {
 func (helm *mockHelmExec) SetHelmBinary(bin string) {
 	return
 }
-func (helm *mockHelmExec) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string) error {
+func (helm *mockHelmExec) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string, passCredentials string) error {
 	helm.repos = append(helm.repos, mockRepo{Name: name})
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/mocks_test.go b/pkg/app/mocks_test.go
index 978fcfe6..b382eb65 100644
--- a/pkg/app/mocks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/mocks_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (helm *noCallHelmExec) SetHelmBinary(bin string) {
 	helm.doPanic()
 	return
 }
-func (helm *noCallHelmExec) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string) error {
+func (helm *noCallHelmExec) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string, passCredentials string) error {
 	helm.doPanic()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/exectest/helm.go b/pkg/exectest/helm.go
index b09efc83..9bd0b8d7 100644
--- a/pkg/exectest/helm.go
+++ b/pkg/exectest/helm.go
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ func (helm *Helm) SetExtraArgs(args ...string) {
 func (helm *Helm) SetHelmBinary(bin string) {
 	return
 }
-func (helm *Helm) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string) error {
-	helm.Repo = []string{name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password, managed}
+func (helm *Helm) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string, passCredentials string) error {
+	helm.Repo = []string{name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password, managed, passCredentials}
 	return nil
 }
 func (helm *Helm) UpdateRepo() error {
diff --git a/pkg/helmexec/exec.go b/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
index 56c88cd8..669e03ba 100644
--- a/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (helm *execer) SetHelmBinary(bin string) {
 	helm.helmBinary = bin
 }
 
-func (helm *execer) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string) error {
+func (helm *execer) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string, passCredentials string) error {
 	var args []string
 	var out []byte
 	var err error
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ func (helm *execer) AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, usernam
 		if username != "" && password != "" {
 			args = append(args, "--username", username, "--password", password)
 		}
+		if passCredentials == "true" {
+			args = append(args, "--pass-credentials")
+		}
 		helm.logger.Infof("Adding repo %v %v", name, repository)
 		out, err = helm.exec(args, map[string]string{})
 	default:
diff --git a/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go b/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go
index 82af63ba..dab4af68 100644
--- a/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func Test_AddRepo_Helm_3_3_2(t *testing.T) {
 		kubeContext: "dev",
 		runner:      &mockRunner{},
 	}
-	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "cert.pem", "key.pem", "", "", "")
+	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "cert.pem", "key.pem", "", "", "", "")
 	expected := `Adding repo myRepo https://repo.example.com/
 exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --force-update --cert-file cert.pem --key-file key.pem
 `
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func Test_AddRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 	logger := NewLogger(&buffer, "debug")
 	helm := MockExecer(logger, "dev")
-	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "cert.pem", "key.pem", "", "", "")
+	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "cert.pem", "key.pem", "", "", "", "")
 	expected := `Adding repo myRepo https://repo.example.com/
 exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --cert-file cert.pem --key-file key.pem
 `
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --cert-f
 	}
 
 	buffer.Reset()
-	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "ca.crt", "", "", "", "", "")
+	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "ca.crt", "", "", "", "", "", "")
 	expected = `Adding repo myRepo https://repo.example.com/
 exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --ca-file ca.crt
 `
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --ca-fil
 	}
 
 	buffer.Reset()
-	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "", "", "")
+	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "", "", "", "")
 	expected = `Adding repo myRepo https://repo.example.com/
 exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/
 `
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/
 	}
 
 	buffer.Reset()
-	helm.AddRepo("acrRepo", "", "", "", "", "", "", "acr")
+	helm.AddRepo("acrRepo", "", "", "", "", "", "", "acr", "")
 	expected = `Adding repo acrRepo (acr)
 exec: az acr helm repo add --name acrRepo
 exec: az acr helm repo add --name acrRepo: 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ exec: az acr helm repo add --name acrRepo:
 	}
 
 	buffer.Reset()
-	helm.AddRepo("otherRepo", "", "", "", "", "", "", "unknown")
+	helm.AddRepo("otherRepo", "", "", "", "", "", "", "unknown", "")
 	expected = `ERROR: unknown type 'unknown' for repository otherRepo
 `
 	if buffer.String() != expected {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ exec: az acr helm repo add --name acrRepo:
 	}
 
 	buffer.Reset()
-	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", "")
+	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", "", "")
 	expected = `Adding repo myRepo https://repo.example.com/
 exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --username example_user --password example_password
 `
@@ -156,13 +156,23 @@ exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --userna
 	}
 
 	buffer.Reset()
-	helm.AddRepo("", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "", "", "")
+	helm.AddRepo("", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "", "", "", "")
 	expected = `empty field name
 
 `
 	if buffer.String() != expected {
 		t.Errorf("helmexec.AddRepo()\nactual = %v\nexpect = %v", buffer.String(), expected)
 	}
+
+	buffer.Reset()
+	helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", "", "true")
+	expected = `Adding repo myRepo https://repo.example.com/
+exec: helm --kube-context dev repo add myRepo https://repo.example.com/ --username example_user --password example_password --pass-credentials
+`
+	if buffer.String() != expected {
+		t.Errorf("helmexec.AddRepo()\nactual = %v\nexpect = %v", buffer.String(), expected)
+	}
+
 }
 
 func Test_UpdateRepo(t *testing.T) {
@@ -506,7 +516,7 @@ func Test_LogLevels(t *testing.T) {
 		buffer.Reset()
 		logger := NewLogger(&buffer, logLevel)
 		helm := MockExecer(logger, "")
-		helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", "")
+		helm.AddRepo("myRepo", "https://repo.example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", "", "")
 		if buffer.String() != expected {
 			t.Errorf("helmexec.AddRepo()\nactual = %v\nexpect = %v", buffer.String(), expected)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/helmexec/helmexec.go b/pkg/helmexec/helmexec.go
index 5c3aba89..2bc5b7d3 100644
--- a/pkg/helmexec/helmexec.go
+++ b/pkg/helmexec/helmexec.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Interface interface {
 	SetExtraArgs(args ...string)
 	SetHelmBinary(bin string)
 
-	AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string) error
+	AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string, passCredentials string) error
 	UpdateRepo() error
 	RegistryLogin(name string, username string, password string) error
 	BuildDeps(name, chart string) error
diff --git a/pkg/state/state.go b/pkg/state/state.go
index a2365798..9c3b663a 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state.go
@@ -163,15 +163,16 @@ type HelmSpec struct {
 
 // RepositorySpec that defines values for a helm repo
 type RepositorySpec struct {
-	Name     string `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
-	URL      string `yaml:"url,omitempty"`
-	CaFile   string `yaml:"caFile,omitempty"`
-	CertFile string `yaml:"certFile,omitempty"`
-	KeyFile  string `yaml:"keyFile,omitempty"`
-	Username string `yaml:"username,omitempty"`
-	Password string `yaml:"password,omitempty"`
-	Managed  string `yaml:"managed,omitempty"`
-	OCI      bool   `yaml:"oci,omitempty"`
+	Name            string `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
+	URL             string `yaml:"url,omitempty"`
+	CaFile          string `yaml:"caFile,omitempty"`
+	CertFile        string `yaml:"certFile,omitempty"`
+	KeyFile         string `yaml:"keyFile,omitempty"`
+	Username        string `yaml:"username,omitempty"`
+	Password        string `yaml:"password,omitempty"`
+	Managed         string `yaml:"managed,omitempty"`
+	OCI             bool   `yaml:"oci,omitempty"`
+	PassCredentials string `yaml:"passCredentials,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ReleaseSpec defines the structure of a helm release
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ func (st *HelmState) ApplyOverrides(spec *ReleaseSpec) {
 
 type RepoUpdater interface {
 	IsHelm3() bool
-	AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string) error
+	AddRepo(name, repository, cafile, certfile, keyfile, username, password string, managed string, passCredentials string) error
 	UpdateRepo() error
 	RegistryLogin(name string, username string, password string) error
 }
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ func (st *HelmState) SyncRepos(helm RepoUpdater, shouldSkip map[string]bool) ([]
 				err = helm.RegistryLogin(repo.URL, username, password)
 			}
 		} else {
-			err = helm.AddRepo(repo.Name, repo.URL, repo.CaFile, repo.CertFile, repo.KeyFile, repo.Username, repo.Password, repo.Managed)
+			err = helm.AddRepo(repo.Name, repo.URL, repo.CaFile, repo.CertFile, repo.KeyFile, repo.Username, repo.Password, repo.Managed, repo.PassCredentials)
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/state/state_test.go b/pkg/state/state_test.go
index 30157082..cbf30e69 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state_test.go
@@ -883,16 +883,17 @@ func TestHelmState_SyncRepos(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "normal repository",
 			repos: []RepositorySpec{
 				{
-					Name:     "name",
-					URL:      "http://example.com/",
-					CertFile: "",
-					KeyFile:  "",
-					Username: "",
-					Password: "",
+					Name:            "name",
+					URL:             "http://example.com/",
+					CertFile:        "",
+					KeyFile:         "",
+					Username:        "",
+					Password:        "",
+					PassCredentials: "",
 				},
 			},
 			helm: &exectest.Helm{},
-			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "", "", "", "", "", ""},
+			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "ACR hosted repository",
@@ -903,51 +904,70 @@ func TestHelmState_SyncRepos(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			helm: &exectest.Helm{},
-			want: []string{"name", "", "", "", "", "", "", "acr"},
+			want: []string{"name", "", "", "", "", "", "", "acr", ""},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "repository with cert and key",
 			repos: []RepositorySpec{
 				{
-					Name:     "name",
-					URL:      "http://example.com/",
-					CertFile: "certfile",
-					KeyFile:  "keyfile",
-					Username: "",
-					Password: "",
+					Name:            "name",
+					URL:             "http://example.com/",
+					CertFile:        "certfile",
+					KeyFile:         "keyfile",
+					Username:        "",
+					Password:        "",
+					PassCredentials: "",
 				},
 			},
 			helm: &exectest.Helm{},
-			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "", "certfile", "keyfile", "", "", ""},
+			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "", "certfile", "keyfile", "", "", "", ""},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "repository with ca file",
 			repos: []RepositorySpec{
 				{
-					Name:     "name",
-					URL:      "http://example.com/",
-					CaFile:   "cafile",
-					Username: "",
-					Password: "",
+					Name:            "name",
+					URL:             "http://example.com/",
+					CaFile:          "cafile",
+					Username:        "",
+					Password:        "",
+					PassCredentials: "",
 				},
 			},
 			helm: &exectest.Helm{},
-			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "cafile", "", "", "", "", ""},
+			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "cafile", "", "", "", "", "", ""},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "repository with username and password",
 			repos: []RepositorySpec{
 				{
-					Name:     "name",
-					URL:      "http://example.com/",
-					CertFile: "",
-					KeyFile:  "",
-					Username: "example_user",
-					Password: "example_password",
+					Name:            "name",
+					URL:             "http://example.com/",
+					CertFile:        "",
+					KeyFile:         "",
+					Username:        "example_user",
+					Password:        "example_password",
+					PassCredentials: "",
 				},
 			},
 			helm: &exectest.Helm{},
-			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", ""},
+			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", "", ""},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "repository with username and password and pass-credentials",
+			repos: []RepositorySpec{
+				{
+					Name:            "name",
+					URL:             "http://example.com/",
+					CertFile:        "",
+					KeyFile:         "",
+					Username:        "example_user",
+					Password:        "example_password",
+					PassCredentials: "true",
+				},
+			},
+			helm: &exectest.Helm{},
+			want: []string{"name", "http://example.com/", "", "", "", "example_user", "example_password", "", "true"},
 		},
 	}
 	for i := range tests {