diff --git a/docs/deployment/logs.md b/docs/deployment/logs.md
index 33ff6953e51..ee58053f964 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/logs.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/logs.md
@@ -234,6 +234,19 @@ For some sinks - such as the `http` sink - it may be useful to use special chara
 dokku logs:set test vector-sink "http://?uri=https%3A//loggerservice.com%3A1234/%3Ftoken%3Dabc1234%26type%3Dvector"
 ```
 
+For kubernetes, it may be necessary to use template syntax - `{{ .parent.child }}` - in the sink configuration. Naively using brackets will fail due to the Helm chart install process assuming that the template should be interpreted at Helm install time vs by Vector itself. To avoid this, use `base64enc:` values (available only for top-level properties at this time). The following example shows how to use `{{ pod }}` as a value.
+
+```shell
+# encode the value with a Helm `print` statement wrapper
+encoded="$(echo '{{ print "{{ pod }}" }}' | base64)"
+# the value of encoded should be: e3sgcHJpbnQgInt7IHBvZCB9fSIgfX0K
+
+# set the value 
+dokku logs:set test vector-sink "http://?process=base64enc%3A${encoded}"
+```
+
+This will transform the value to it's encoded form when configuring Vector sinks for Kubernetes.
+
 Please read the [sink documentation](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/) for your sink of choice to configure the sink as desired.
 
 ##### Configuring the app label
diff --git a/docs/deployment/schedulers/k3s.md b/docs/deployment/schedulers/k3s.md
index 5056deb2e9a..1f874c8c108 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/schedulers/k3s.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/schedulers/k3s.md
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ Next, run the `scheduler-k3s:ensure-charts` command with the `vector` chart to f
 ```shell
 dokku scheduler-k3s:ensure-charts --charts vector
 ```
+Please see the [vector logs documentation](/docs/deployment/logs.md#configuring-a-log-sink) for more information on specifying vector sinks.
 
 ### Supported Resource Management Properties
 
diff --git a/plugins/logs/logs.go b/plugins/logs/logs.go
index f68508c572b..8a21bbc84b4 100644
--- a/plugins/logs/logs.go
+++ b/plugins/logs/logs.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package logs
 
 import (
 	"embed"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -102,5 +103,21 @@ func SinkValueToConfig(appName string, sinkValue string) (VectorSink, error) {
 		data["inputs"] = []string{"docker-null-source"}
 	}
 
+	// add special support for `base64enc:VAL` fields
+	for key, value := range data {
+		valueString, ok := value.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if encodedValue, found := strings.CutPrefix(valueString, "base64enc:"); found {
+			decodedValue, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(encodedValue)
+			if err != nil {
+				return data, fmt.Errorf("Error decoding base64: %w", err)
+			}
+			data[key] = strings.TrimSpace(string(decodedValue))
+		}
+	}
+
 	return data, nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go
index a2084c305be..afcc7911702 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ func installHelmCharts(ctx context.Context, clientset KubernetesClient, shouldIn
 			}
 		}
 
-		if chart.ReleaseName == "vector" {
+		if chart.ReleaseName == "vector" && chart.Namespace == "vector" {
 			values = updateVectorValues(values)
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/scheduler-k3s-3.bats b/tests/unit/scheduler-k3s-3.bats
index 29d0f2f27e5..4a6a3fb074d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scheduler-k3s-3.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/scheduler-k3s-3.bats
@@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ teardown_() {
   assert_output "2"
 }
 
+@test "(scheduler-k3s) deploy kustomize with vector sink" {
+  if [[ -z "$DOCKERHUB_USERNAME" ]] || [[ -z "$DOCKERHUB_TOKEN" ]]; then
+    skip "skipping due to missing docker.io credentials DOCKERHUB_USERNAME:DOCKERHUB_TOKEN"
+  fi
+
+  encoded="$(echo '{{ print "{{ pod }}" }}' | base64)"
+  run /bin/bash -c "echo $encoded"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output "e3sgcHJpbnQgInt7IHBvZCB9fSIgfX0K"
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku logs:set --global vector-sink 'http://?process=base64enc%3A${encoded}'"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  INGRESS_CLASS=nginx install_k3s
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "kubectl get cm -n vector vector -o yaml"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output_contains "process: '{{ pod }}'"
+}
+
 inject_kustomization_yaml() {
   local APP="$1"
   local APP_REPO_DIR="$2"