diff --git a/docs/stacks.yaml b/docs/stacks.yaml
index 6786739..524d2f0 100644
--- a/docs/stacks.yaml
+++ b/docs/stacks.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,13 @@ stack-name:
   branch: main
   # The path to the docker compose file where stack
   # is defined
-  compose_file: compose.yaml
+  compose_file: /path/to/compose.yaml
+  # Path to values file to use when rendering
+  # compose file as a Go template. If empty, compose
+  # file will be treated as a regular compose file 
+  values_file: /path/to/values.yaml
+  # Paths to files encrypted using sops to decrypt
+  # before updating stack
+  sops_files:
+    - path/to/sops/encrypted/file
 
diff --git a/swarmcd/init.go b/swarmcd/init.go
index 01f7c5b..ba48ca0 100644
--- a/swarmcd/init.go
+++ b/swarmcd/init.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func initStacks() error {
 		if !ok {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error initializing %s stack, no such repo: %s", stack, stackConfig.Repo)
 		}
-		swarmStack := newSwarmStack(stack, stackRepo, stackConfig.Branch, stackConfig.ComposeFile, stackConfig.SopsFiles)
+		swarmStack := newSwarmStack(stack, stackRepo, stackConfig.Branch, stackConfig.ComposeFile, stackConfig.SopsFiles, stackConfig.ValuesFile)
 		stacks = append(stacks, swarmStack)
 		stackStatus[stack] = &StackStatus{}
 		stackStatus[stack].RepoURL = stackRepo.url
diff --git a/swarmcd/stack.go b/swarmcd/stack.go
index 9fccb80..c47ed20 100644
--- a/swarmcd/stack.go
+++ b/swarmcd/stack.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/stack"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
@@ -18,17 +19,17 @@ type swarmStack struct {
 	branch      string
 	composePath string
 	sopsFiles   []string
-	status *StackStatus
+	valuesFile  string
 }
 
-func newSwarmStack(name string, repo *stackRepo, branch string, composePath string, sopsFiles []string) *swarmStack {
+func newSwarmStack(name string, repo *stackRepo, branch string, composePath string, sopsFiles []string, valuesFile string) *swarmStack {
 	return &swarmStack{
 		name:        name,
 		repo:        repo,
 		branch:      branch,
 		composePath: composePath,
 		sopsFiles:   sopsFiles,
-		status: &StackStatus{},
+		valuesFile: valuesFile,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ func (swarmStack *swarmStack) updateStack() (revision string, err error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt one or more sops files for %s stack: %w", swarmStack.name, err)
 	}
 
+	if swarmStack.valuesFile != "" {
+		err = swarmStack.renderComposeTemplate() 
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = swarmStack.rotateConfigsAndSecrets() 
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -140,3 +148,26 @@ func (swarmStack *swarmStack) rotateObjects(objects map[string]any) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (swarmStack *swarmStack) renderComposeTemplate() error {
+	composeFile := path.Join(config.ReposPath, swarmStack.repo.path, swarmStack.composePath)
+	valuesFile := path.Join(config.ReposPath, swarmStack.repo.path, swarmStack.valuesFile)
+	valuesBytes, err := os.ReadFile(valuesFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not read %s stack values file: %w", swarmStack.name, err)
+	}
+	var valuesMap map[string]any 
+	yaml.Unmarshal(valuesBytes, &valuesMap) 
+	templ, err := template.New(path.Base(composeFile)).ParseFiles(composeFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not parse %s stack compose file as a Go template: %w", swarmStack.name, err)
+	}
+	composeFileWriter, err := os.Create(composeFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not open %s stack compose file: %w", swarmStack.name, err)
+	}
+	err = templ.Execute(composeFileWriter, map[string]map[string]any{"Values": valuesMap})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error rending %s stack compose template: %w", swarmStack.name, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/swarmcd/swarmcd.go b/swarmcd/swarmcd.go
index 36f0651..8163cf6 100644
--- a/swarmcd/swarmcd.go
+++ b/swarmcd/swarmcd.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func updateStackThread(swarmStack *swarmStack, waitGroup *sync.WaitGroup) {
 }
 
 
+
 func GetStackStatus() map[string]*StackStatus {
 	return stackStatus
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/config.go b/util/config.go
index 682fc1a..76ad5b8 100644
--- a/util/config.go
+++ b/util/config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type StackConfig struct {
 	Repo        string
 	Branch      string
 	ComposeFile string   `mapstructure:"compose_file"`
+	ValuesFile  string   `mapstructure:"values_file"`
 	SopsFiles   []string `mapstructure:"sops_files"`
 }