diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/externalsecret.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/externalsecret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/kustomization.yaml
index 066bebbb6..c2aea2bac 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 namespace: media
 resources:
   - ./pvc.yaml
-  - ./secret.sops.yaml
+  - ./externalsecret.yaml
   - ./helmrelease.yaml
 configMapGenerator:
   - name: recyclarr-configmap
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/secret.sops.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/secret.sops.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4637e558f..000000000
--- a/kubernetes/apps/media/recyclarr/app/secret.sops.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# yamllint disable
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-    name: recyclarr-secret
-    namespace: media
-stringData:
-    RADARR_API_KEY: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:6CueJDZnN7DsH6bG1cNVH0yCT2Gk/F4Tqsfa/08/0qk=,iv:/16DdPnYd9m1w9p1YP2pEtKm/krJxo0cPzdk1RJQ60w=,tag:Mu8AJJyTyEwbugRdkKLqXQ==,type:str]
-    SONARR_API_KEY: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:DsrMVh1NI2yzeD6NLWc3sbOlypSHU0YIEbwYvGfQ8W8=,iv:28+F66UTTrtDd772k8SkSyO4uHfxBzYhhUOYtQT+j/M=,tag:LbW5Ewa01rHASS8BKUeR0g==,type:str]
-sops:
-    kms: []
-    gcp_kms: []
-    azure_kv: []
-    hc_vault: []
-    age:
-        - recipient: age12evtyez2gz3w209lld8r6nw0v0572v468v0hl05m5259v0zrn5eq3cct4h
-          enc: |
-            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBERHJSL2lreXBJblY5Q1NV
-            bVVrRHFHTHhXVE5KZ0tXR3N4Q0VOZ2JJS1Q0CnhvRW1CdW1ENzhzVHRTVTR4YzUx
-            YTc3b3pDdnYwUTlOL3FsaTFzaE1FQWcKLS0tIEwwUit2S0xnWkF5UTIyUzlYN2pF
-            ZEZ6Mmxmc0F2NHk1VUZDWTVXSUYvbTgKPzS4+w/iPO9KcWwMqURXyMCHkpt0/+a1
-            MaEsvYNW2g+U7NdFWPyAlaKF45vUwmFcsCQYIvzVzJuQ93hl7mWdXg==
-            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-    lastmodified: "2023-12-19T16:31:51Z"
-    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:dBIUsFzUb1MUcX30/ECe1Rvcf+6N6jKdtkuZewsDZS/+a0UCVwvn8sjBymzEgFph0oW0V7s6cW31SOecqQ9Doz5FHum7b2rkXYhppaUkupNpQIaJ7zlFZrzfDikmIgbIjlko7xPK0EumrcwMGsDXq/PYLrwG6kjcYheUIgnSDrs=,iv:vX8Zn1Bdv+iBldRSWbZbGYPzOapNsgIffacEo75ni4k=,tag:maOhC/GVWflnS2cidZiSdw==,type:str]
-    pgp: []
-    encrypted_regex: ^(data|stringData)$
-    version: 3.7.3