diff --git a/nova/Chart.yaml b/nova/Chart.yaml
index d703b37cf9..90afa01b8d 100644
--- a/nova/Chart.yaml
+++ b/nova/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Nova
 name: nova
-version: 0.3.34
+version: 0.3.35
 home: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/
 icon: https://www.openstack.org/themes/openstack/images/project-mascots/Nova/OpenStack_Project_Nova_vertical.png
 sources:
diff --git a/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml b/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml
index e1c79ab4e7..b5da1dd191 100644
--- a/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml
+++ b/nova/templates/deployment-novncproxy.yaml
@@ -144,9 +144,14 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
             - name: pod-shared
               mountPath: /tmp/pod-shared
+            {{- if $vencrypt_enabled }}
+            - name: {{ .Values.secrets.tls.compute_novnc_proxy.vencrypt.internal }}
+              mountPath: /etc/pki/nova-novncproxy
+              readOnly: true
+            {{- end }}
+
 {{- dict "enabled" .Values.manifests.certificates "name" .Values.endpoints.oslo_db.auth.admin.secret.tls.internal "path" "/etc/mysql/certs" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume_mount" | indent 12 }}
 {{- dict "enabled" .Values.manifests.certificates "name" .Values.secrets.tls.compute_novnc_proxy.novncproxy.internal "path" "/etc/nova/certs" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume_mount" | indent 12 }}
-{{- dict "enabled" $vencrypt_enabled "name" .Values.secrets.tls.compute_novnc_proxy.vencrypt.internal "path" "/etc/pki/nova-novncproxy" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume_mount" | indent 12 }}
 {{- dict "enabled" $envAll.Values.manifests.certificates "name" $envAll.Values.endpoints.oslo_messaging.auth.admin.secret.tls.internal "path" "/etc/rabbitmq/certs" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume_mount" | indent 12 }}
 {{ if $mounts_nova_novncproxy.volumeMounts }}{{ toYaml $mounts_nova_novncproxy.volumeMounts | indent 12 }}{{ end }}
       volumes:
@@ -164,9 +169,14 @@ spec:
           emptyDir: {}
         - name: pod-shared
           emptyDir: {}
+        {{- if $vencrypt_enabled }}
+        - name: {{ .Values.secrets.tls.compute_novnc_proxy.vencrypt.internal }}
+          secret:
+            secretName: {{ .Values.secrets.tls.compute_novnc_proxy.vencrypt.internal }}
+            defaultMode: 0444
+        {{- end }}
 {{- dict "enabled" .Values.manifests.certificates "name" .Values.endpoints.oslo_db.auth.admin.secret.tls.internal | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume" | indent 8 }}
 {{- dict "enabled" .Values.manifests.certificates "name" .Values.secrets.tls.compute_novnc_proxy.novncproxy.internal | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume" | indent 8 }}
-{{- dict "enabled" $vencrypt_enabled "name" .Values.secrets.tls.compute_novnc_proxy.vencrypt.internal | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume" | indent 8 }}
 {{- dict "enabled" $envAll.Values.manifests.certificates "name" $envAll.Values.endpoints.oslo_messaging.auth.admin.secret.tls.internal | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume" | indent 8 }}
 {{ if $mounts_nova_novncproxy.volumes }}{{ toYaml $mounts_nova_novncproxy.volumes | indent 8 }}{{ end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml
index 909995acf4..0fc0580281 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml
@@ -103,4 +103,5 @@ nova:
   - 0.3.32 Set the startupProbe for nova-compute
   - 0.3.33 Add job to create 'vms' pool
   - 0.3.34 Add public endpoints for the spiceproxy
+  - 0.3.35 Use directory mount for vencrypt certificates
 ...