diff --git a/pkg/curatedpackages/packagecontrollerclient.go b/pkg/curatedpackages/packagecontrollerclient.go
index e0fb2d28832a..6d8e886ce7b6 100644
--- a/pkg/curatedpackages/packagecontrollerclient.go
+++ b/pkg/curatedpackages/packagecontrollerclient.go
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ import (
 var secretsValueYaml string
 
 const (
-	eksaDefaultRegion = "us-west-2"
-	valueFileName     = "values.yaml"
+	eksaDefaultRegion             = "us-west-2"
+	valueFileName                 = "values.yaml"
+	defaultRegistryMirrorUsername = "username"
+	defaultRegistryMirrorPassword = "password"
 )
 
 type PackageControllerClientOpt func(client *PackageControllerClient)
@@ -305,7 +307,7 @@ func (pc *PackageControllerClient) CreateHelmOverrideValuesYaml() (string, []byt
 
 func (pc *PackageControllerClient) generateHelmOverrideValues() ([]byte, error) {
 	var err error
-	endpoint, username, password, caCertContent, insecureSkipVerify := "", "", "", "", "false"
+	endpoint, username, password, caCertContent, insecureSkipVerify := "", defaultRegistryMirrorUsername, defaultRegistryMirrorPassword, "", "false"
 	if pc.registryMirror != nil {
 		endpoint = pc.registryMirror.BaseRegistry
 		if pc.registryMirror.Auth {
diff --git a/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty.yaml b/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty.yaml
index 0b869c7592a8..65970c5779da 100644
--- a/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty.yaml
+++ b/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 registryMirrorSecret:
   endpoint: ""
-  username: ""
-  password: ""
+  username: "dXNlcm5hbWU="
+  password: "cGFzc3dvcmQ="
   cacertcontent: ""
   insecure: "ZmFsc2U="
 awsSecret:
diff --git a/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty_registrymirrorsecret.yaml b/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty_registrymirrorsecret.yaml
index 0e7b260c6859..4c3038dcce45 100644
--- a/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty_registrymirrorsecret.yaml
+++ b/pkg/curatedpackages/testdata/values_empty_registrymirrorsecret.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 registryMirrorSecret:
   endpoint: ""
-  username: ""
-  password: ""
+  username: "dXNlcm5hbWU="
+  password: "cGFzc3dvcmQ="
   cacertcontent: ""
   insecure: "ZmFsc2U="
 awsSecret: