diff --git a/scripts/kube_create_license_key_secret.sh b/scripts/kube_create_license_key_secret.sh
index 372e17254..962f36d40 100755
--- a/scripts/kube_create_license_key_secret.sh
+++ b/scripts/kube_create_license_key_secret.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-LICENSE=$2
 NS=$1
 
-if [ -z $LICENSE ]; then
-    echo "No enterprise license set"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 if [ -z $NS ]; then
     echo "Specify a namespace argument"
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ -z $2 ]; then
+    echo "No enterprise license set"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+LICENSE=$(echo -n "$2" | base64 -w 0)
+
 kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
 apiVersion: v1
 data:
diff --git a/tests/test_util.go b/tests/test_util.go
index 6b7ff0282..ee1866b12 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.go
+++ b/tests/test_util.go
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ func newDeployment(name string) *api.ArangoDeployment {
 		},
 		Spec: api.DeploymentSpec{
 			ImagePullPolicy: util.NewPullPolicy(v1.PullAlways),
-			LicenseKey:      util.NewString(TestEnterpriseLicenseKeySecretName),
+			License: api.LicenseSpec{
+				SecretName: util.NewString(TestEnterpriseLicenseKeySecretName),
+			},
 		},
 	}