diff --git a/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go b/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go
index 49b907eb..c634078b 100644
--- a/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go
+++ b/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (r *reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Resu
 		}
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("Secret retrieved: %v\n", decodedBytes)
+	fmt.Printf("Secret retrieved: %v\n", string(decodedBytes))
 
 	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 }