diff --git a/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder.go b/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder.go
index 28e6e3d9..3d7bcc8a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder.go
@@ -131,10 +131,8 @@ func BuildKubernetesSecretFromOnePasswordItem(
 func BuildKubernetesSecretData(fields []model.ItemField, files []model.File) map[string][]byte {
 	secretData := map[string][]byte{}
 	for i := 0; i < len(fields); i++ {
-		if fields[i].Value != "" {
-			key := formatSecretDataName(fields[i].Label)
-			secretData[key] = []byte(fields[i].Value)
-		}
+		key := formatSecretDataName(fields[i].Label)
+		secretData[key] = []byte(fields[i].Value)
 	}
 
 	// populate unpopulated fields from files
diff --git a/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder_test.go b/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder_test.go
index 21677c4e..4bb17041 100644
--- a/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubernetessecrets/kubernetes_secrets_builder_test.go
@@ -154,6 +154,38 @@ func TestBuildKubernetesSecretData(t *testing.T) {
 	compareFields(fields, secretData, t)
 }
 
+func TestBuildKubernetesSecretDataWithEmptyValues(t *testing.T) {
+	fields := []model.ItemField{
+		{Label: "token", Value: "secret-token"},
+		{Label: "runner-token", Value: ""},
+		{Label: "another-field", Value: "value"},
+		{Label: "empty-field-2", Value: ""},
+	}
+
+	secretData := BuildKubernetesSecretData(fields, nil)
+
+	// Verify all fields are present, including empty ones
+	if len(secretData) != len(fields) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d fields, got %d", len(fields), len(secretData))
+	}
+
+	for _, field := range fields {
+		key := formatSecretDataName(field.Label)
+		value, exists := secretData[key]
+		if !exists {
+			t.Errorf("Field '%s' should be present in secret data", field.Label)
+			continue
+		}
+		if string(value) != field.Value {
+			t.Errorf("Field '%s': expected value '%s', got '%s'", field.Label, field.Value, string(value))
+		}
+		// Verify empty values are empty byte slices (not nil)
+		if field.Value == "" && len(value) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("Empty field '%s' should have empty byte slice, got length %d", field.Label, len(value))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildKubernetesSecretFromOnePasswordItem(t *testing.T) {
 	annotationKey := "annotationKey"
 	annotationValue := "annotationValue"