diff --git a/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller.go b/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller.go
index daad2600e8..6ea1731909 100644
--- a/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller.go
+++ b/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller.go
@@ -485,14 +485,13 @@ func (c *controller) createResourceFromTemplate(ctx context.Context, templateDir
 	templateValues[fmt.Sprintf(templateVariableFormat, domainVariable)] = domain.Id
 
 	var k8sManifest = string(template)
-	for templateKey, templateValue := range templateValues {
+	for templateKey, templateValue := range customTemplateValues {
 		k8sManifest = strings.Replace(k8sManifest, templateKey, templateValue, replaceAllInstancesOfString)
 	}
 	// Replace remaining template variables from domain specific defaults.
-	for templateKey, templateValue := range customTemplateValues {
+	for templateKey, templateValue := range templateValues {
 		k8sManifest = strings.Replace(k8sManifest, templateKey, templateValue, replaceAllInstancesOfString)
 	}
-
 	return k8sManifest, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller_test.go b/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller_test.go
index dc3239cdc2..f6a966d6ef 100644
--- a/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller_test.go
+++ b/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/controller_test.go
@@ -293,6 +293,38 @@ kind: IAMServiceAccount
 metadata:
   name: my-project-dev-gsa
   namespace: my-project-dev
+`,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test create resource from templatized imagepullsecrets.yaml",
+			args: args{
+				ctx:              context.Background(),
+				templateDir:      "testdata",
+				templateFileName: "imagepullsecrets_templatized.yaml",
+				project: &admin.Project{
+					Name: "my-project",
+					Id:   "my-project",
+				},
+				domain: &admin.Domain{
+					Id:   "dev",
+					Name: "dev",
+				},
+				namespace: "my-project-dev",
+				templateValues: templateValuesType{
+					"{{ imagePullSecretsName }}": "default",
+				},
+				customTemplateValues: templateValuesType{
+					"{{ imagePullSecretsName }}": "custom",
+				},
+			},
+			wantK8sManifest: `apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: default
+  namespace: my-project-dev
+imagePullSecrets:
+  - name: custom
 `,
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
diff --git a/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/testdata/imagepullsecrets_templatized.yaml b/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/testdata/imagepullsecrets_templatized.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c9d267382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flyteadmin/pkg/clusterresource/testdata/imagepullsecrets_templatized.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: default
+  namespace: {{ namespace }}
+imagePullSecrets:
+  - name: {{ imagePullSecretsName }}