diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
index c8df2821..3640bb7b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.config.BootstrapPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.config.PropertySourceLocator;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.MountConfigMapPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.SecretsPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.CompositePropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ public final class ConfigReloadUtil {
 					// we know that the type is correct here
 					managedSources.add((S) mountConfigMapPropertySource);
 				}
+				else if (propertySource instanceof SecretsPropertySource secretsPropertySource) {
+					// we know that the type is correct here
+					managedSources.add((S) secretsPropertySource);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -179,6 +184,8 @@ public final class ConfigReloadUtil {
 		for (int i = 0; i < k8sSources.size(); i++) {
 			MapPropertySource k8sSource = k8sSources.get(i);
 			MapPropertySource appSource = appSources.get(i);
+			System.out.println("k8sSource (abc): " + k8sSource.getSource());
+			System.out.println("appSource (abc): " + appSource.getSource());
 			if (changed(k8sSource, appSource)) {
 				LOG.debug(() -> "found change in : " + k8sSource);
 				return true;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml
index ed67e042..ab5b15fa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ spring:
         paths:
           - /tmp/application.properties
 
+  config:
+    import: "kubernetes:"
+
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml
index 052f2286..9002bcf6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ spring:
     kubernetes:
       reload:
         enabled: true
-        strategy: shutdown
+        strategy: refresh
         mode: polling
         period: 5000
         monitoring-secrets: true
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/k8s/client/reload/it/K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/k8s/client/reload/it/K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT.java
index f067424a..c6b0f88f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/k8s/client/reload/it/K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/k8s/client/reload/it/K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.k8s.client.reload.it;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.apis.CoreV1Api;
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.k3s.K3sContainer;
 
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.Constants;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.Commons;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.Phase;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.native_client.Util;
@@ -101,8 +99,7 @@ class K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT extends K8sClientReloadBase {
 		// replace data in secret and wait for k8s to pick it up
 		// our polling will detect that and restart the app
 		V1Secret secret = (V1Secret) util.yaml("mount/secret.yaml");
-		secret.setData(Map.of(Constants.APPLICATION_PROPERTIES, Base64.getEncoder()
-			.encode("from.properties.secret.key=as-mount-changed".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
+		secret.setData(Map.of("from.properties.secret.key", "as-mount-changed".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
 		coreV1Api.replaceNamespacedSecret("secret-reload", NAMESPACE, secret, null, null, null, null);
 
 		Commons.waitForLogStatement("Detected change in config maps/secrets, reload will be triggered", K3S,