diff --git a/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml b/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml
index cf736f5fd1103a7ef201b1fe2564ce9dd44e4f08..8a8f55fd1ada460a50883b06ff8c1db209030fc6 100644
--- a/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml
+++ b/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: livekit
                   key: secret
+            - name: OPENAI_API_KEY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: openai
+                  key: api_key
             - name: BLOB_STORE_ACCESS_KEY
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef: