diff --git a/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml b/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml
index 057c05f..17e156d 100644
--- a/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml
+++ b/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,20 @@ metadata:
   name: provider-gitlab
 spec:
   package: xpkg.upbound.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-gitlab:v0.5.0
+---
+
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: gitlab-secret
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: vault
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  target:
+    name: gitlab-secret
+  data:
+  - secretKey: accesstoken
+    remoteRef:
+      key: secrets/gitlab/token
+      property: accesstoken