diff --git a/codefresh/.ci/values/values-install-only.yaml b/codefresh/.ci/values/values-install-only.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cb1966a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codefresh/.ci/values/values-install-only.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# -- checking postgresql password with special characters
+postgresql:
+  auth:
+    postgresPassword: "e%C9ar$Yka4Zb!H"
+
+secrets:
+  ext-postgres:
+    enabled: true
+    stringData:
+      postgres-hostname: cf-postgresql
+      postgres-password: e%C9ar$Yka4Zb!H
+      postgres-user: postgres
diff --git a/codefresh/.ci/values/values-upgrade.yaml b/codefresh/.ci/values/values-upgrade-only.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from codefresh/.ci/values/values-upgrade.yaml
rename to codefresh/.ci/values/values-upgrade-only.yaml
diff --git a/codefresh/Chart.lock b/codefresh/Chart.lock
index f619043480..09ca4f4bfe 100644
--- a/codefresh/Chart.lock
+++ b/codefresh/Chart.lock
@@ -142,18 +142,18 @@ dependencies:
   version: 0.8.7
 - name: cf-platform-analytics
   repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
-  version: 0.49.63
+  version: 0.49.65
 - name: cf-platform-analytics
   repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
-  version: 0.49.63
+  version: 0.49.65
 - name: argo-platform
   repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
-  version: 1.3037.0-onprem-680e6c9
+  version: 1.3037.0-onprem-fb06d0a
 - name: argo-hub-platform
   repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
   version: 0.1.16
 - name: cf-oidc-provider
   repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
   version: 0.0.15
-digest: sha256:5caa90b76bb269d520322473dd9014d852412bdcfd912af7d99255e2ae8fd9e1
-generated: "2024-10-11T09:24:24.192115705+03:00"
+digest: sha256:5f3103c713ddac080b88d73dbb094b2bc02406d87fda6f130bb89abdc2690e3d
+generated: "2024-10-18T22:52:29.468059483+03:00"
diff --git a/codefresh/Chart.yaml b/codefresh/Chart.yaml
index 09cc6971fb..af0063cdf0 100644
--- a/codefresh/Chart.yaml
+++ b/codefresh/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: Helm Chart for Codefresh On-Prem
 name: codefresh
-version: 2.5.4
+version: 2.5.5
 keywords:
   - codefresh
 home: https://codefresh.io/
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ annotations:
   # artifacthub.io/containsSecurityUpdates: "true"
   # supported kinds are added, changed, deprecated, removed, fixed and security.
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - kind: changed
-      description: "Enable allow-snippet-annotations by default for ingress-nginx"
+    - kind: fixed
+      description: "encode special characters in postgresql password (argo-platform)"
 dependencies:
   - name: cf-common
     repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ dependencies:
     repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
     condition: argo-platform.enabled
   - name: argo-platform
-    version: "1.3037.0-onprem-680e6c9"
+    version: "1.3037.0-onprem-fb06d0a"
     repository: oci://quay.io/codefresh/charts
     condition: argo-platform.enabled
   - name: argo-hub-platform
diff --git a/codefresh/README.md b/codefresh/README.md
index b54a96c120..c81148de5d 100644
--- a/codefresh/README.md
+++ b/codefresh/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Codefresh On-Premises
 
-![Version: 2.5.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.5.4-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.5.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.5.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 2.5.5](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.5.5-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.5.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.5.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Helm chart for deploying [Codefresh On-Premises](https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/getting-started/intro-to-codefresh/) to Kubernetes.
 
diff --git a/codefresh/templates/secrets/secret.yaml b/codefresh/templates/secrets/secret.yaml
index 8d832196fe..06d794d843 100644
--- a/codefresh/templates/secrets/secret.yaml
+++ b/codefresh/templates/secrets/secret.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stringData:
   POSTGRES_USER: {{ coalesce .Values.global.postgresUser }}
   POSTGRES_PASSWORD: {{ coalesce .Values.global.postgresPassword }}
   POSTGRES_SEED_USER: {{ (coalesce .Values.seed.postgresSeedJob.postgresUser .Values.global.postgresSeedJob.postgresUser) | default .Values.global.postgresUser }}
-  POSTGRES_SEED_PASSWORD: {{ (coalesce .Values.seed.postgresSeedJob.postgresPassword .Values.global.postgresSeedJob.postgresPassword) | default .Values.global.postgresPassword }}
+  POSTGRES_SEED_PASSWORD: {{ urlquery ((coalesce .Values.seed.postgresSeedJob.postgresPassword .Values.global.postgresSeedJob.postgresPassword) | default .Values.global.postgresPassword) }}
   POSTGRES_HOSTNAME: {{ default (printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name .Values.global.postgresService) .Values.global.postgresHostname }}
   POSTGRES_PORT: {{ coalesce .Values.global.postgresPort | default 5432 | quote }}
-  POSTGRES_DATABASE: {{ .Values.global.postgresDatabase | default "codefresh" }}
\ No newline at end of file
+  POSTGRES_DATABASE: {{ .Values.global.postgresDatabase | default "codefresh" }}
diff --git a/codefresh/templates/seed/postgres-seed-job.yaml b/codefresh/templates/seed/postgres-seed-job.yaml
index 4791920025..5a18b31e9d 100644
--- a/codefresh/templates/seed/postgres-seed-job.yaml
+++ b/codefresh/templates/seed/postgres-seed-job.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ spec:
           {{- include "codefresh.postgres-password-env-var-value" . | indent 12 }}
           - name: POSTGRES_HOSTNAME
           {{- include "codefresh.postgres-host-env-var-value" . | indent 12 }}
+          - name: POSTGRES_SEED_USER
+          {{- include "codefresh.postgres-seed-user-env-var-value" . | indent 12 }}
+          - name: POSTGRES_SEED_PASSWORD
+          {{- include "codefresh.postgres-seed-password-env-var-value" . | indent 12 }}
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.seed.resources | nindent 10 }}
         command: