diff --git a/components/ua/user-exchange-publisher/overlays/dev/static-secret.yaml b/components/ua/user-exchange-publisher/overlays/dev/static-secret.yaml
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+apiVersion: secrets.hashicorp.com/v1beta1
+kind: VaultStaticSecret
+metadata:
+  name: user-exchange-publisher
+  namespace: apps
+spec:
+  type: kv-v2
+  refreshAfter: 30s
+  vaultAuthRef: static-auth
+
+  mount: user-exchange
+  path: dev/publisher
+  destination:
+    name: user-exchange-publisher
+    overwrite: true
+    create: true