diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e601bcd3..73d14d3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3441f0f7b02788e948e47f457ca01f1d7e6d92c693bc132c22b087d3141c03ff"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -1706,7 +1712,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "qovery-engine"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.12.3",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "chrono",
  "cmd_lib",
  "digitalocean",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e80ad61c..d67ebd3a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cmd_lib = "0.7.8"
 git2 = "0.13.8"
 walkdir = "2.3.1"
 itertools = "0.9.0"
-base64 = "0.12.3"
+base64 = "0.13.0"
 dirs = "3.0.1"
 rust-crypto = "0.2.36"
 retry = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/cloud_provider/aws/application.rs b/src/cloud_provider/aws/application.rs
index f948fc73..5610994a 100644
--- a/src/cloud_provider/aws/application.rs
+++ b/src/cloud_provider/aws/application.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl Application {
             .iter()
             .map(|ev| EnvironmentVariableDataTemplate {
                 key: ev.key.clone(),
-                value: ev.value.clone(),
+                value: base64::encode(ev.value.clone()),
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
diff --git a/src/cloud_provider/digitalocean/application.rs b/src/cloud_provider/digitalocean/application.rs
index c8d2e118..e47c61df 100644
--- a/src/cloud_provider/digitalocean/application.rs
+++ b/src/cloud_provider/digitalocean/application.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl Application {
             .iter()
             .map(|ev| EnvironmentVariableDataTemplate {
                 key: ev.key.clone(),
-                value: ev.value.clone(),
+                value: base64::encode(ev.value.clone()),
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();