diff --git a/clusters/dev/apps/notification/templates/external-secret.yaml b/clusters/dev/apps/notification/templates/external-secret.yaml
index c960f52..ac4e0a8 100644
--- a/clusters/dev/apps/notification/templates/external-secret.yaml
+++ b/clusters/dev/apps/notification/templates/external-secret.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ spec:
       remoteRef:
         key: secret/data/postgresql
         property: notification-user-password
+    - secretKey: smtp-password
+      remoteRef:
+        key: secret/data/notification
+        property: smtp-password
diff --git a/clusters/dev/apps/notification/values.yaml b/clusters/dev/apps/notification/values.yaml
index cd043c8..e883fab 100644
--- a/clusters/dev/apps/notification/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/dev/apps/notification/values.yaml
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ notification-service:
     PLATFORM_NAME: PILOT
     namespace: utility
     OPEN_TELEMETRY_ENABLED: "false"
-    POSTFIX: mailout.cscs.ch
-    SMTP_PORT: "25"
-    SMTP_USER: ""
-    SMTP_PASS: ""
+    POSTFIX_URL: "pro2.mail.ovh.net"
+    POSTFIX_PORT: "587"
+    SMTP_USER: "no-reply@hdc.ebrains.eu"
     EMAIL_ATTACHMENT_MAX_SIZE_BYTES: "2097152"
     # Database
     RDS_HOST: postgres.utility
@@ -53,6 +52,11 @@ notification-service:
         secretKeyRef:
           name: notification-credentials
           key: notification-user-password
+    - name: SMTP_PASS
+      valueFrom:
+        secretKeyRef:
+          name: notification-credentials
+          key: smtp-password
 
   resources:
     requests:
diff --git a/docs/vault-secrets.md b/docs/vault-secrets.md
index 17c8937..079613e 100644
--- a/docs/vault-secrets.md
+++ b/docs/vault-secrets.md
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ vault kv put secret/workspace \
   guacamole-password='<guacamole-admin-password>'
 ```
 
+## Notification (`secret/notification`)
+
+```bash
+vault kv put secret/notification \
+  smtp-password='<smtp-password>'
+```
+
 ## BFF CLI (`secret/bff-cli`)
 
 ```bash