diff --git a/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml b/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml
index 52196aa..fc8fe7a 100644
--- a/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml
+++ b/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ argument_specs:
               - If the value is not explicitly set, it will not be changed if the secret already exists.
             type: str
             required: false
+          length:
+            description: Length of randomly generated string
+            type: int
+            required: false
+            defalut: 128
 
       container_env:
         description: A dict of environment variables for the container
diff --git a/roles/container/tasks/secrets.yaml b/roles/container/tasks/secrets.yaml
index 4cd39fb..bbf0da3 100644
--- a/roles/container/tasks/secrets.yaml
+++ b/roles/container/tasks/secrets.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Create secrets for container {{ container_name }}
   containers.podman.podman_secret:
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
-    data: "{{ item.value | default(lookup('community.general.random_string', special=false, length=128)) }}"
+    data: "{{ item.value | default(lookup('community.general.random_string', special=false, length=item.length | default(128))) }}"
     skip_existing: "{{ item.value is not defined }}"
   no_log: true
   loop: "{{ container_secrets }}"
diff --git a/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml b/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml
index f881249..dc33f36 100644
--- a/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml
+++ b/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ argument_specs:
               - If the value is not explicitly set, it will not be changed if the secret already exists.
             type: str
             required: false
+          length:
+            description: Length of randomly generated string
+            type: int
+            required: false
+            default: 128
       service_container_env:
         description: A dict of environment variables for the service container(s)
         type: dict