diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/dynamic-secret-fns.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/dynamic-secret-fns.ts
index f653d0c0c..3b405a418 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/dynamic-secret-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/dynamic-secret-fns.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export const verifyHostInputValidity = async (host: string, isGateway = false) =
 
   if (appCfg.isDevelopmentMode) return [host];
 
+  if (isGateway) return [host];
+
   const reservedHosts = [appCfg.DB_HOST || getDbConnectionHost(appCfg.DB_CONNECTION_URI)].concat(
     (appCfg.DB_READ_REPLICAS || []).map((el) => getDbConnectionHost(el.DB_CONNECTION_URI)),
     getDbConnectionHost(appCfg.REDIS_URL),
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ export const verifyHostInputValidity = async (host: string, isGateway = false) =
     }
   }
 
-  if (!isGateway && !(appCfg.DYNAMIC_SECRET_ALLOW_INTERNAL_IP || appCfg.ALLOW_INTERNAL_IP_CONNECTIONS)) {
+  if (!(appCfg.DYNAMIC_SECRET_ALLOW_INTERNAL_IP || appCfg.ALLOW_INTERNAL_IP_CONNECTIONS)) {
     const isInternalIp = inputHostIps.some((el) => isPrivateIp(el));
     if (isInternalIp) throw new BadRequestError({ message: "Invalid db host" });
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/providers/kubernetes.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/providers/kubernetes.ts
index 20ac8877f..8a54ba089 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/providers/kubernetes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/dynamic-secret/providers/kubernetes.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export const KubernetesProvider = ({ gatewayService }: TKubernetesProviderDTO):
     }
   };
 
-  const create = async (inputs: unknown, expireAt: number) => {
+  const create = async ({ inputs, expireAt }: { inputs: unknown; expireAt: number }) => {
     const providerInputs = await validateProviderInputs(inputs);
 
     const tokenRequestCallback = async (host: string, port: number) => {
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/gateway/index.ts b/backend/src/lib/gateway/index.ts
index c1a8b48c6..4d6401eac 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/gateway/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/gateway/index.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const createQuicConnection = async (
         if (!certs || certs.length === 0) return quic.native.CryptoError.CertificateRequired;
         const serverCertificate = new crypto.X509Certificate(Buffer.from(certs[0]));
         const caCertificate = new crypto.X509Certificate(tlsOptions.ca);
-        const isValidServerCertificate = serverCertificate.checkIssued(caCertificate);
+        const isValidServerCertificate = serverCertificate.verify(caCertificate.publicKey);
         if (!isValidServerCertificate) return quic.native.CryptoError.BadCertificate;
 
         const subjectDetails = parseSubjectDetails(serverCertificate.subject);