diff --git a/changelog.d/3-bug-fixes/sftd-forwards-compat b/changelog.d/3-bug-fixes/sftd-forwards-compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0185b60a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3-bug-fixes/sftd-forwards-compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Due to `sftd` changing how configuration is handled for "multi-SFT" calling (starting with version 3.1.10), new options have been added to the `sftd` Helm chart for compatibility with these newer versions.
diff --git a/charts/sftd/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/sftd/templates/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ad51ec77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/sftd/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{{- if and .Values.multiSFT.enabled (not .Values.multiSFT.discoveryRequired) }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "sftd.fullname" . }}-secret
+  labels:
+    {{- include "sftd.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  zrest_secret.txt: {{ required "must specify authentication secret" .Values.multiSFT.secret | b64enc | quote }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/sftd/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/sftd/templates/statefulset.yaml
index e9329922bf..32fe9e0622 100644
--- a/charts/sftd/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/sftd/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,16 @@ spec:
       volumes:
         - name: external-ip
           emptyDir: {}
+      {{- if .Values.multiSFT.enabled }}
+        {{- if .Values.multiSFT.discoveryRequired }}
         - name: multi-sft-config
           emptyDir: {}
+        {{- else }}
+        - name: sft-secret
+          secret:
+            secretName: {{ include "sftd.fullname" . }}-secret
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       initContainers:
         - name: get-external-ip
           image: bitnami/kubectl:1.19.7
@@ -62,6 +70,8 @@ spec:
                 addr=$(kubectl get node $NODE_NAME -ojsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.wire\.com/external-ip}')
               fi
               echo -n "$addr" | tee /dev/stderr > /external-ip/ip
+
+        {{- if and .Values.multiSFT.enabled .Values.multiSFT.discoveryRequired }}
         - name: get-multi-sft-config
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
 
@@ -75,7 +85,6 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
 
-              {{- if .Values.multiSFT.enabled }}
 
               response=$(curl "{{ .Values.multiSFT.turnDiscoveryURL }}")
               if [ -z "$response" ]; then
@@ -100,8 +109,7 @@ spec:
                 echo "Response does not contain a turn server"
                 exit 1
               fi
-
-              {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
 
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
@@ -121,8 +129,15 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: external-ip
               mountPath: /external-ip
+            {{- if .Values.multiSFT.enabled }}
+            {{- if .Values.multiSFT.discoveryRequired }}
             - name: multi-sft-config
               mountPath: /multi-sft-config
+            {{- else }}
+            - name: sft-secret
+              mountPath: /secrets
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
           command:
             - /bin/sh
             - -c
@@ -135,12 +150,17 @@ spec:
                 ACCESS_ARGS="-A ${EXTERNAL_IP}"
               fi
 
+              MULTI_SFT_ARGS=""
+
               {{- if .Values.multiSFT.enabled }}
+              {{- if .Values.multiSFT.discoveryRequired }}
               MULTI_SFT_ARGS="-t $(cat /multi-sft-config/turn_server) \
               -x $(cat /multi-sft-config/username) \
               -c $(cat /multi-sft-config/password)"
               {{- else }}
-              MULTI_SFT_ARGS=""
+              MULTI_SFT_ARGS="-t {{ required "must specify TURN server URI" .Values.multiSFT.turnServerURI }} \
+              -s /secrets/zrest_secret.txt"
+              {{- end }}
               {{- end }}
 
               exec sftd \
diff --git a/charts/sftd/values.yaml b/charts/sftd/values.yaml
index 5e90388b66..21eb722ea8 100644
--- a/charts/sftd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/sftd/values.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,15 @@ turnDiscoveryEnabled: false
 # Allow establishing calls involving remote SFT servers (e.g. for Federation)
 # Requires appVersion 3.0.9 or later
 multiSFT:
-  enabled: False
-  # Required. URL that provides TURN connection configuration. These configured
-  # TURN servers will be used to connect to remote SFT servers.
+  enabled: false
+  # For sftd versions up to 3.1.3, sftd uses the TURN servers advertised at a
+  # discovery URL.
   turnDiscoveryURL: ""
+  # For sftd versions 3.1.10 and later, this discovery process is no longer
+  # required or supported, and must be disabled. sftd must instead be directly
+  # configured with the authentication secret used by the TURN server and the
+  # URI for the TURN server.
+  discoveryRequired: true
+  secret:
+  turnServerURI:
+