diff --git a/src/dev-secrets/zarf.yaml b/src/dev-secrets/zarf.yaml
index 6e8e30c..6011b4b 100644
--- a/src/dev-secrets/zarf.yaml
+++ b/src/dev-secrets/zarf.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ kind: ZarfPackageConfig
 metadata:
   name: dev-secrets
   version: "0.1.0"
-  architecture: amd64
 
 components:
   - name: postgres-password
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ components:
           - cmd: kubectl get secret -n dev-postgres postgresql --template={{.data.password}} | base64 -d
             mute: true
             setVariables:
-              - name: DB_PASSWORD
+              - name: POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD
                 sensitive: true
   - name: artifactory-postgres
     required: true
diff --git a/src/namespace/artifactory-ns.yaml b/src/namespace/artifactory-ns.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19880da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/namespace/artifactory-ns.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+kind: Namespace
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: artifactory
diff --git a/src/namespace/zarf.yaml b/src/namespace/zarf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ae6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/namespace/zarf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+kind: ZarfPackageConfig
+metadata:
+  name: dev-namespace
+  description: "create namespaces for cross-ns secret functionality of pg operator"
+  version: 0.1.0
+
+components:
+  - name: deploy-namespace-for-cross-ns-secret
+    required: true
+    manifests:
+      - name: dev-namespace
+        files:
+          - artifactory-ns.yaml