diff --git a/deployments/stacks/dpe-k8s-deployments/variables.tf b/deployments/stacks/dpe-k8s-deployments/variables.tf
index 2b9be26a..3a60bba9 100644
--- a/deployments/stacks/dpe-k8s-deployments/variables.tf
+++ b/deployments/stacks/dpe-k8s-deployments/variables.tf
@@ -103,3 +103,8 @@ variable "smtp_from" {
   type        = string
   default     = ""
 }
+
+variable "github_container_repository_token" {
+  description = "The GitHub container repository token. Used to authenticate with the container registry for OCI based helm charts."
+  type        = string
+}