diff --git a/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
index 9f3ae2d91..b6d63372f 100644
--- a/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/infisical/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ metadata:
 type: Opaque
 stringData:
   {{- $requiredVars := dict "ENCRYPTION_KEY" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
-                           "JWT_SIGNUP_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
-                           "JWT_REFRESH_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
-                           "JWT_AUTH_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
-                           "JWT_SERVICE_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
-                           "JWT_MFA_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower) }}
+                            "JWT_SIGNUP_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
+                            "JWT_REFRESH_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
+                            "JWT_AUTH_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
+                            "JWT_SERVICE_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
+                            "JWT_MFA_SECRET" (randAlphaNum 32 | lower)
+                            "MONGO_URL" (include "infisical.mongodb.connectionString" .) }}
   {{- $secretObj := (lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace (include "infisical.backend.fullname" .)) | default dict }}
   {{- $secretData := (get $secretObj "data") | default dict }}
   {{ range $key, $value := .Values.backendEnvironmentVariables }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml b/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml
index 80638dd67..4f540ff6d 100644
--- a/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/infisical/values.yaml
@@ -156,9 +156,16 @@ backendEnvironmentVariables:
   ## @param backendEnvironmentVariables.SITE_URL Absolute URL including the protocol (e.g. https://app.infisical.com)
   ##
   SITE_URL: infisical.local
-  ## @param backendEnvironmentVariables.INVITE_ONLY_SIGNUP To disable account creation from the login page
+  ## @param backendEnvironmentVariables.INVITE_ONLY_SIGNUP To disable account creation from the login page (invites only)
   ##
   INVITE_ONLY_SIGNUP: false
+  ## @param backendEnvironmentVariables.MONGO_URL MongoDB connection string
+  ## By default the backend will automatically be connected to a Mongo instance within the cluster
+  ## However, it is recommended to add a managed document DB connection string for production-use (DBaaS)
+  ## Learn about connection string type here https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/
+  ## e.g. "mongodb://<user>:<pass>@<host>:<port>/<database-name>"
+  ##
+  MONGO_URL: ""
 
 ## @section MongoDB(&reg;) parameters
 ## Documentation : https://github.com/bitnami/charts/blob/main/bitnami/mongodb/values.yaml
@@ -275,7 +282,7 @@ mongodb:
     ##
     size: 8Gi
 
-## @param mongodbConnection.externalMongoDBConnectionString External MongoDB connection string
+## @param mongodbConnection.externalMongoDBConnectionString Deprecated :warning: External MongoDB connection string</br>Use backendEnvironmentVariables.MONGO_URL instead
 ## By default the backend will be connected to a Mongo instance within the cluster
 ## However, it is recommended to add a managed document DB connection string for production-use (DBaaS)
 ## Learn about connection string type here https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/