diff --git a/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager.go b/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager.go
index 099127bc..305aa63f 100644
--- a/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager.go
+++ b/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager.go
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ func (d IBMSecretData) GetSecret() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 		}
 	case *ibmsm.KVSecret:
 		{
-			result["data"] = v.Data
+			for k, v := range v.Data {
+				result[k] = v
+			}
 		}
 	default:
 		{
@@ -254,7 +256,9 @@ func (d IBMVersionedSecretData) GetSecret() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	case *ibmsm.KVSecretVersion:
 		{
 			if *v.PayloadAvailable {
-				result["data"] = v.Data
+				for k, v := range v.Data {
+					result[k] = v
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	default:
diff --git a/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager_test.go b/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager_test.go
index af3c339b..175c9fb4 100644
--- a/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/backends/ibmsecretsmanager_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-	"testing"
 	"sync"
+	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5/core"
 	ibmsm "github.com/IBM/secrets-manager-go-sdk/secretsmanagerv2"
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ type MockIBMSMClient struct {
 	// It is shared b/w both GetSecret and GetSecretVersion for simplicity, even though each writes to a different field
 	GetSecretLock sync.RWMutex
 
-	GetSecretCalledWith         *ibmsm.GetSecretOptions
-	GetSecretCallCount          int
-	GetSecretVersionCalledWith  *ibmsm.GetSecretVersionOptions
-	GetSecretVersionCallCount   int
+	GetSecretCalledWith        *ibmsm.GetSecretOptions
+	GetSecretCallCount         int
+	GetSecretVersionCalledWith *ibmsm.GetSecretVersionOptions
+	GetSecretVersionCallCount  int
 }
 
 var BIG_GROUP_LEN int = types.IBMMaxPerPage + 1
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func (m *MockIBMSMClient) ListSecrets(listAllSecretsOptions *ibmsm.ListSecretsOp
 	otype := "username_password"
 	ctype := "public_cert"
 	itype := "iam_credentials"
+	ktype := "kv"
 	smallGroupSecrets := []ibmsm.SecretMetadataIntf{
 		&ibmsm.ArbitrarySecretMetadata{
 			Name:          &name,
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ func (m *MockIBMSMClient) ListSecrets(listAllSecretsOptions *ibmsm.ListSecretsOp
 			SecretGroupID: &smallGroup,
 			ID:            &itype,
 		},
+		&ibmsm.KVSecretMetadata{
+			Name:          &name,
+			SecretType:    &ktype,
+			SecretGroupID: &smallGroup,
+			ID:            &ktype,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Empty secret group
@@ -141,6 +148,17 @@ func (m *MockIBMSMClient) GetSecret(getSecretOptions *ibmsm.GetSecretOptions) (r
 			ID:     &id,
 			ApiKey: &payload,
 		}, nil, nil
+	} else if *getSecretOptions.ID == "kv" {
+		name := "my-secret"
+		id := "kv"
+		payload := map[string]interface{}{
+			"hello": "there",
+		}
+		return &ibmsm.KVSecret{
+			Name: &name,
+			ID:   &id,
+			Data: payload,
+		}, nil, nil
 	} else {
 		name := "my-secret"
 		id := "username_password"
@@ -366,6 +384,48 @@ func TestIBMSecretsManagerGetSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("Retrieves payload of KV secrets", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mock := MockIBMSMClient{}
+		sm := backends.NewIBMSecretsManagerBackend(&mock)
+
+		res, err := sm.GetSecrets("ibmcloud/kv/secrets/groups/small-group", "", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s", err)
+		}
+
+		// Properly calls ListSecrets
+		var offset int64 = 0
+		expectedListArgs := &ibmsm.ListSecretsOptions{
+			Groups: []string{"small-group"},
+			Offset: &offset,
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(mock.ListSecretsOptionCalledWith[0], expectedListArgs) {
+			t.Errorf("expectedListArgs: %s, got: %s.", expectedListArgs.Groups, mock.ListSecretsOptionCalledWith[0].Groups)
+		}
+		if len(mock.ListSecretsOptionCalledWith) > 1 {
+			t.Errorf("ListSecrets should be called %d times got %d", 1, len(mock.ListSecretsOptionCalledWith))
+		}
+
+		// Properly calls GetSecret
+		id := "kv"
+		expectedGetArgs := &ibmsm.GetSecretOptions{
+			ID: &id,
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(mock.GetSecretCalledWith, expectedGetArgs) {
+			t.Errorf("Retrieved ID and SecretType do not match expected")
+		}
+
+		// Correct data
+		expected := map[string]interface{}{
+			"my-secret": map[string]interface{}{
+				"hello": "there",
+			},
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(res, expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected: %s, got: %s.", expected, res)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Properly retrieves versioned secrets", func(t *testing.T) {
 		mock := MockIBMSMClient{}
 		sm := backends.NewIBMSecretsManagerBackend(&mock)