diff --git a/config/secret.go b/config/secret.go
index a6280048c9311..27914f7c165ff 100644
--- a/config/secret.go
+++ b/config/secret.go
@@ -91,6 +91,26 @@ func (s *Secret) Empty() bool {
 	return !s.notempty
 }
 
+// EqualTo performs a constant-time comparison of the secret to the given reference
+func (s *Secret) EqualTo(ref []byte) (bool, error) {
+	if s.enclave == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	if len(s.unlinked) > 0 {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("unlinked parts in secret: %v", strings.Join(s.unlinked, ";"))
+	}
+
+	// Get a locked-buffer of the secret to perform the comparison
+	lockbuf, err := s.enclave.Open()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("opening enclave failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer lockbuf.Destroy()
+
+	return lockbuf.EqualTo(ref), nil
+}
+
 // Get return the string representation of the secret
 func (s *Secret) Get() ([]byte, error) {
 	if s.enclave == nil {
diff --git a/config/secret_test.go b/config/secret_test.go
index b74bc5ba2e40a..50bf7739a2153 100644
--- a/config/secret_test.go
+++ b/config/secret_test.go
@@ -433,6 +433,20 @@ func TestSecretStoreInvalidKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSecretEqualTo(t *testing.T) {
+	mysecret := "a wonderful test"
+	s := NewSecret([]byte(mysecret))
+	defer s.Destroy()
+
+	equal, err := s.EqualTo([]byte(mysecret))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, equal)
+
+	equal, err = s.EqualTo([]byte("some random text"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.False(t, equal)
+}
+
 func TestSecretStoreInvalidReference(t *testing.T) {
 	// Make sure we clean-up our mess
 	defer func() { unlinkedSecrets = make([]*Secret, 0) }()
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
index 19844a836af53..183b90780a7be 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package amqp
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ type AMQP struct {
 	ExchangePassive    bool              `toml:"exchange_passive"`
 	ExchangeDurability string            `toml:"exchange_durability"`
 	ExchangeArguments  map[string]string `toml:"exchange_arguments"`
-	Username           string            `toml:"username"`
-	Password           string            `toml:"password"`
+	Username           config.Secret     `toml:"username"`
+	Password           config.Secret     `toml:"password"`
 	MaxMessages        int               `toml:"max_messages"`
 	AuthMethod         string            `toml:"auth_method"`
 	RoutingTag         string            `toml:"routing_tag"`
@@ -293,11 +294,21 @@ func (q *AMQP) makeClientConfig() (*ClientConfig, error) {
 	var auth []amqp.Authentication
 	if strings.ToUpper(q.AuthMethod) == "EXTERNAL" {
 		auth = []amqp.Authentication{&externalAuth{}}
-	} else if q.Username != "" || q.Password != "" {
+	} else if !q.Username.Empty() || !q.Password.Empty() {
+		username, err := q.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+		password, err := q.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
 		auth = []amqp.Authentication{
 			&amqp.PlainAuth{
-				Username: q.Username,
-				Password: q.Password,
+				Username: string(username),
+				Password: string(password),
 			},
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp_test.go b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp_test.go
index 5cc7d023408cb..9fc98fd41efdf 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp_test.go
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "username password",
 			output: &AMQP{
 				URL:      "amqp://foo:bar@localhost",
-				Username: "telegraf",
-				Password: "pa$$word",
+				Username: config.NewSecret([]byte("telegraf")),
+				Password: config.NewSecret([]byte("pa$$word")),
 				connect: func(_ *ClientConfig) (Client, error) {
 					return NewMockClient(), nil
 				},
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace.go b/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace.go
index b77d1381334c8..425890c8cad31 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var sampleConfig string
 // Dynatrace Configuration for the Dynatrace output plugin
 type Dynatrace struct {
 	URL               string            `toml:"url"`
-	APIToken          string            `toml:"api_token"`
+	APIToken          config.Secret     `toml:"api_token"`
 	Prefix            string            `toml:"prefix"`
 	Log               telegraf.Logger   `toml:"-"`
 	Timeout           config.Duration   `toml:"timeout"`
@@ -151,8 +151,13 @@ func (d *Dynatrace) send(msg string) error {
 	}
 	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
 
-	if len(d.APIToken) != 0 {
-		req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Api-Token "+d.APIToken)
+	if !d.APIToken.Empty() {
+		token, err := d.APIToken.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Api-Token "+string(token))
+		config.ReleaseSecret(token)
 	}
 	// add user-agent header to identify metric source
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", "telegraf")
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ func (d *Dynatrace) Init() error {
 		d.Log.Infof("Dynatrace URL is empty, defaulting to OneAgent metrics interface")
 		d.URL = apiconstants.GetDefaultOneAgentEndpoint()
 	}
-	if d.URL != apiconstants.GetDefaultOneAgentEndpoint() && len(d.APIToken) == 0 {
+	if d.URL != apiconstants.GetDefaultOneAgentEndpoint() && d.APIToken.Empty() {
 		d.Log.Errorf("Dynatrace api_token is a required field for Dynatrace output")
 		return fmt.Errorf("api_token is a required field for Dynatrace output")
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace_test.go b/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace_test.go
index 2808203959cb2..02795b6172122 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/dynatrace/dynatrace_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestNilMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestEmptyMetricsSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 
 	err := d.Init()
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestMockURL(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 
 	err := d.Init()
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestSendMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 
 	d := &Dynatrace{
 		URL:               ts.URL,
-		APIToken:          "123",
+		APIToken:          config.NewSecret([]byte("123")),
 		Log:               testutil.Logger{},
 		AddCounterMetrics: []string{},
 	}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func TestSendSingleMetricWithUnorderedTags(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestSendMetricWithoutTags(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func TestSendMetricWithUpperCaseTagKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestSendBooleanMetricWithoutTags(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func TestSendMetricWithDefaultDimensions(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{DefaultDimensions: map[string]string{"dim": "value"}}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func TestMetricDimensionsOverrideDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{DefaultDimensions: map[string]string{"dim": "default"}}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ func TestStaticDimensionsOverrideMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	d := &Dynatrace{DefaultDimensions: map[string]string{"dim": "default"}}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ func TestSendUnsupportedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	logStub := loggerStub{}
 
 	d.URL = ts.URL
-	d.APIToken = "123"
+	d.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123"))
 	d.Log = logStub
 	err := d.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index 72596901b274c..3d7a88a9b2a18 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 var sampleConfig string
 
 type Elasticsearch struct {
-	AuthBearerToken     string          `toml:"auth_bearer_token"`
+	AuthBearerToken     config.Secret   `toml:"auth_bearer_token"`
 	DefaultPipeline     string          `toml:"default_pipeline"`
 	DefaultTagValue     string          `toml:"default_tag_value"`
 	EnableGzip          bool            `toml:"enable_gzip"`
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ type Elasticsearch struct {
 	IndexName           string          `toml:"index_name"`
 	ManageTemplate      bool            `toml:"manage_template"`
 	OverwriteTemplate   bool            `toml:"overwrite_template"`
-	Password            string          `toml:"password"`
+	Username            config.Secret   `toml:"username"`
+	Password            config.Secret   `toml:"password"`
 	TemplateName        string          `toml:"template_name"`
 	Timeout             config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
 	URLs                []string        `toml:"urls"`
 	UsePipeline         string          `toml:"use_pipeline"`
-	Username            string          `toml:"username"`
 	Log                 telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 	majorReleaseNumber  int
 	pipelineName        string
@@ -182,19 +182,11 @@ func (a *Elasticsearch) Connect() error {
 		elastic.SetGzip(a.EnableGzip),
 	)
 
-	if a.Username != "" && a.Password != "" {
-		clientOptions = append(clientOptions,
-			elastic.SetBasicAuth(a.Username, a.Password),
-		)
-	}
-
-	if a.AuthBearerToken != "" {
-		clientOptions = append(clientOptions,
-			elastic.SetHeaders(http.Header{
-				"Authorization": []string{fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", a.AuthBearerToken)},
-			}),
-		)
+	authOptions, err := a.getAuthOptions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
+	clientOptions = append(clientOptions, authOptions...)
 
 	if time.Duration(a.HealthCheckInterval) == 0 {
 		clientOptions = append(clientOptions,
@@ -470,6 +462,37 @@ func (a *Elasticsearch) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (a *Elasticsearch) getAuthOptions() ([]elastic.ClientOptionFunc, error) {
+	var fns []elastic.ClientOptionFunc
+
+	if !a.Username.Empty() && !a.Password.Empty() {
+		username, err := a.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+		password, err := a.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
+
+		fns = append(fns, elastic.SetBasicAuth(string(username), string(password)))
+	}
+
+	if !a.AuthBearerToken.Empty() {
+		token, err := a.AuthBearerToken.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(token)
+
+		auth := []string{"Bearer " + string(token)}
+		fns = append(fns, elastic.SetHeaders(http.Header{"Authorization": auth}))
+	}
+	return fns, nil
+}
+
 func init() {
 	outputs.Add("elasticsearch", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &Elasticsearch{
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go b/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
index 83899319ff864..de09e090a58b6 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ func TestAuthorizationHeaderWhenBearerTokenIsPresent(t *testing.T) {
 		EnableGzip:      false,
 		ManageTemplate:  false,
 		Log:             testutil.Logger{},
-		AuthBearerToken: "0123456789abcdef",
+		AuthBearerToken: config.NewSecret([]byte("0123456789abcdef")),
 	}
 
 	err := e.Connect()
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go
index de8e07640ff83..ca67aa398cb9c 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 )
 
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ type metricMeta struct {
 type Groundwork struct {
 	Server              string          `toml:"url"`
 	AgentID             string          `toml:"agent_id"`
-	Username            string          `toml:"username"`
-	Password            string          `toml:"password"`
+	Username            config.Secret   `toml:"username"`
+	Password            config.Secret   `toml:"password"`
 	DefaultAppType      string          `toml:"default_app_type"`
 	DefaultHost         string          `toml:"default_host"`
 	DefaultServiceState string          `toml:"default_service_state"`
@@ -53,10 +54,10 @@ func (g *Groundwork) Init() error {
 	if g.AgentID == "" {
 		return errors.New(`no "agent_id" provided`)
 	}
-	if g.Username == "" {
+	if g.Username.Empty() {
 		return errors.New(`no "username" provided`)
 	}
-	if g.Password == "" {
+	if g.Password.Empty() {
 		return errors.New(`no "password" provided`)
 	}
 	if g.DefaultAppType == "" {
@@ -72,13 +73,23 @@ func (g *Groundwork) Init() error {
 		return errors.New(`invalid "default_service_state" provided`)
 	}
 
+	username, err := g.Username.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+	password, err := g.Password.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
 	g.client = clients.GWClient{
 		AppName: "telegraf",
 		AppType: g.DefaultAppType,
 		GWConnection: &clients.GWConnection{
 			HostName:           g.Server,
-			UserName:           g.Username,
-			Password:           g.Password,
+			UserName:           string(username),
+			Password:           string(password),
 			IsDynamicInventory: true,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
index d2bc652879b64..c1b94a7e351c8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	v4 "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/signer/v4"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	internalaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/aws"
 	httpconfig "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/http"
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ const (
 type HTTP struct {
 	URL                     string            `toml:"url"`
 	Method                  string            `toml:"method"`
-	Username                string            `toml:"username"`
-	Password                string            `toml:"password"`
+	Username                config.Secret     `toml:"username"`
+	Password                config.Secret     `toml:"password"`
 	Headers                 map[string]string `toml:"headers"`
 	ContentEncoding         string            `toml:"content_encoding"`
 	UseBatchFormat          bool              `toml:"use_batch_format"`
@@ -180,8 +181,19 @@ func (h *HTTP) writeMetric(reqBody []byte) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if h.Username != "" || h.Password != "" {
-		req.SetBasicAuth(h.Username, h.Password)
+	if !h.Username.Empty() || !h.Password.Empty() {
+		username, err := h.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+		password, err := h.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
+
+		req.SetBasicAuth(string(username), string(password))
 	}
 
 	// google api auth
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go b/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go
index d57cde322ed68..16aef4c8d94e9 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/http_test.go
@@ -395,55 +395,46 @@ func TestBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		plugin *HTTP
+		name     string
+		username string
+		password string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "default",
-			plugin: &HTTP{
-				URL: u.String(),
-			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "username only",
-			plugin: &HTTP{
-				URL:      u.String(),
-				Username: "username",
-			},
+			name:     "username only",
+			username: "username",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "password only",
-			plugin: &HTTP{
-				URL:      u.String(),
-				Password: "pa$$word",
-			},
+			name:     "password only",
+			password: "pa$$word",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "username and password",
-			plugin: &HTTP{
-				URL:      u.String(),
-				Username: "username",
-				Password: "pa$$word",
-			},
+			name:     "username and password",
+			username: "username",
+			password: "pa$$word",
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			plugin := &HTTP{
+				URL:      u.String(),
+				Username: config.NewSecret([]byte(tt.username)),
+				Password: config.NewSecret([]byte(tt.password)),
+			}
 			ts.Config.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				username, password, _ := r.BasicAuth()
-				require.Equal(t, tt.plugin.Username, username)
-				require.Equal(t, tt.plugin.Password, password)
+				require.Equal(t, tt.username, username)
+				require.Equal(t, tt.password, password)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			})
 
 			serializer := influx.NewSerializer()
-			tt.plugin.SetSerializer(serializer)
-			err = tt.plugin.Connect()
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			err = tt.plugin.Write([]telegraf.Metric{getMetric()})
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			plugin.SetSerializer(serializer)
+			require.NoError(t, plugin.Connect())
+			require.NoError(t, plugin.Write([]telegraf.Metric{getMetric()}))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go
index 59ccec0ea2d4b..bbca8b65c6d12 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/influx"
 )
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@ type HTTPConfig struct {
 	URL                       *url.URL
 	UserAgent                 string
 	Timeout                   time.Duration
-	Username                  string
-	Password                  string
+	Username                  config.Secret
+	Password                  config.Secret
 	TLSConfig                 *tls.Config
 	Proxy                     *url.URL
 	Headers                   map[string]string
@@ -451,9 +452,11 @@ func (c *httpClient) makeQueryRequest(query string) (*http.Request, error) {
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
-	c.addHeaders(req)
+	if err := c.addHeaders(req); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	return req, nil
+	return req, err
 }
 
 func (c *httpClient) makeWriteRequest(address string, body io.Reader) (*http.Request, error) {
@@ -465,7 +468,9 @@ func (c *httpClient) makeWriteRequest(address string, body io.Reader) (*http.Req
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-	c.addHeaders(req)
+	if err := c.addHeaders(req); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	if c.config.ContentEncoding == "gzip" {
 		req.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -491,14 +496,27 @@ func (c *httpClient) requestBodyReader(metrics []telegraf.Metric) (io.ReadCloser
 	return io.NopCloser(reader), nil
 }
 
-func (c *httpClient) addHeaders(req *http.Request) {
-	if c.config.Username != "" || c.config.Password != "" {
-		req.SetBasicAuth(c.config.Username, c.config.Password)
+func (c *httpClient) addHeaders(req *http.Request) error {
+	if !c.config.Username.Empty() || !c.config.Password.Empty() {
+		username, err := c.config.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+		password, err := c.config.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
+
+		req.SetBasicAuth(string(username), string(password))
 	}
 
 	for header, value := range c.config.Headers {
 		req.Header.Set(header, value)
 	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *httpClient) validateResponse(response io.ReadCloser) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
index abb847b83c17f..dcb36712641da 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/influxdb"
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ func TestHTTP_CreateDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "send basic auth",
 			config: influxdb.HTTPConfig{
 				URL:      u,
-				Username: "guy",
-				Password: "smiley",
+				Username: config.NewSecret([]byte("guy")),
+				Password: config.NewSecret([]byte("smiley")),
 				Database: "telegraf",
 			},
 			database: "telegraf",
@@ -302,8 +303,8 @@ func TestHTTP_Write(t *testing.T) {
 			config: influxdb.HTTPConfig{
 				URL:      u,
 				Database: "telegraf",
-				Username: "guy",
-				Password: "smiley",
+				Username: config.NewSecret([]byte("guy")),
+				Password: config.NewSecret([]byte("smiley")),
 				Log:      testutil.Logger{},
 			},
 			queryHandlerFunc: func(t *testing.T, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 830603b422e19..3d20b2927d008 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ type Client interface {
 type InfluxDB struct {
 	URL                       string            `toml:"url" deprecated:"0.1.9;2.0.0;use 'urls' instead"`
 	URLs                      []string          `toml:"urls"`
-	Username                  string            `toml:"username"`
-	Password                  string            `toml:"password"`
+	Username                  config.Secret     `toml:"username"`
+	Password                  config.Secret     `toml:"password"`
 	Database                  string            `toml:"database"`
 	DatabaseTag               string            `toml:"database_tag"`
 	ExcludeDatabaseTag        bool              `toml:"exclude_database_tag"`
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go
index d0f50bbfed94f..519fe846d05ab 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ func TestConnectHTTPConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		RetentionPolicy:  "default",
 		WriteConsistency: "any",
 		Timeout:          config.Duration(5 * time.Second),
-		Username:         "guy",
-		Password:         "smiley",
+		Username:         config.NewSecret([]byte("guy")),
+		Password:         config.NewSecret([]byte("smiley")),
 		UserAgent:        "telegraf",
 		HTTPProxy:        "http://localhost:8086",
 		HTTPHeaders: map[string]string{
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go
index 0cf2c84fa7407..08a162e808210 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/influx"
 )
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ const (
 
 type HTTPConfig struct {
 	URL              *url.URL
-	Token            string
+	Token            config.Secret
 	Organization     string
 	Bucket           string
 	BucketTag        string
@@ -74,59 +75,66 @@ type httpClient struct {
 	log        telegraf.Logger
 }
 
-func NewHTTPClient(config *HTTPConfig) (*httpClient, error) {
-	if config.URL == nil {
+func NewHTTPClient(cfg *HTTPConfig) (*httpClient, error) {
+	if cfg.URL == nil {
 		return nil, ErrMissingURL
 	}
 
-	timeout := config.Timeout
+	timeout := cfg.Timeout
 	if timeout == 0 {
 		timeout = defaultRequestTimeout
 	}
 
-	userAgent := config.UserAgent
+	userAgent := cfg.UserAgent
 	if userAgent == "" {
 		userAgent = internal.ProductToken()
 	}
 
-	var headers = make(map[string]string, len(config.Headers)+2)
+	var headers = make(map[string]string, len(cfg.Headers)+2)
 	headers["User-Agent"] = userAgent
-	headers["Authorization"] = "Token " + config.Token
-	for k, v := range config.Headers {
+
+	token, err := cfg.Token.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	headers["Authorization"] = "Token " + string(token)
+	config.ReleaseSecret(token)
+
+	for k, v := range cfg.Headers {
 		headers[k] = v
 	}
 
 	var proxy func(*http.Request) (*url.URL, error)
-	if config.Proxy != nil {
-		proxy = http.ProxyURL(config.Proxy)
+	if cfg.Proxy != nil {
+		proxy = http.ProxyURL(cfg.Proxy)
 	} else {
 		proxy = http.ProxyFromEnvironment
 	}
 
-	serializer := config.Serializer
+	serializer := cfg.Serializer
 	if serializer == nil {
 		serializer = influx.NewSerializer()
 	}
 
 	var transport *http.Transport
-	switch config.URL.Scheme {
+	switch cfg.URL.Scheme {
 	case "http", "https":
 		transport = &http.Transport{
 			Proxy:           proxy,
-			TLSClientConfig: config.TLSConfig,
+			TLSClientConfig: cfg.TLSConfig,
 		}
 	case "unix":
 		transport = &http.Transport{
 			Dial: func(_, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
 				return net.DialTimeout(
-					config.URL.Scheme,
-					config.URL.Path,
+					cfg.URL.Scheme,
+					cfg.URL.Path,
 					timeout,
 				)
 			},
 		}
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported scheme %q", config.URL.Scheme)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported scheme %q", cfg.URL.Scheme)
 	}
 
 	client := &httpClient{
@@ -135,15 +143,15 @@ func NewHTTPClient(config *HTTPConfig) (*httpClient, error) {
 			Timeout:   timeout,
 			Transport: transport,
 		},
-		url:              config.URL,
-		ContentEncoding:  config.ContentEncoding,
+		url:              cfg.URL,
+		ContentEncoding:  cfg.ContentEncoding,
 		Timeout:          timeout,
 		Headers:          headers,
-		Organization:     config.Organization,
-		Bucket:           config.Bucket,
-		BucketTag:        config.BucketTag,
-		ExcludeBucketTag: config.ExcludeBucketTag,
-		log:              config.Log,
+		Organization:     cfg.Organization,
+		Bucket:           cfg.Bucket,
+		BucketTag:        cfg.BucketTag,
+		ExcludeBucketTag: cfg.ExcludeBucketTag,
+		log:              cfg.Log,
 	}
 	return client, nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go
index f3151b8f4ae89..5e0c8a02fa837 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type Client interface {
 
 type InfluxDB struct {
 	URLs             []string          `toml:"urls"`
-	Token            string            `toml:"token"`
+	Token            config.Secret     `toml:"token"`
 	Organization     string            `toml:"organization"`
 	Bucket           string            `toml:"bucket"`
 	BucketTag        string            `toml:"bucket_tag"`
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go
index 75757e84975cd..b84084452337a 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var (
 
 type Instrumental struct {
 	Host       string          `toml:"host"`
-	APIToken   string          `toml:"api_token"`
+	APIToken   config.Secret   `toml:"api_token"`
 	Prefix     string          `toml:"prefix"`
 	DataFormat string          `toml:"data_format"`
 	Template   string          `toml:"template"`
@@ -164,8 +164,13 @@ func (i *Instrumental) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 }
 
 func (i *Instrumental) authenticate(conn net.Conn) error {
-	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(conn, HandshakeFormat, i.APIToken)
+	token, err := i.APIToken.Get()
 	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(token)
+
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(conn, HandshakeFormat, string(token)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go
index 54b3e0b67495a..2c15048519d1e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 )
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 
 	i := Instrumental{
 		Host:     "127.0.0.1",
-		APIToken: "abc123token",
+		APIToken: config.NewSecret([]byte("abc123token")),
 		Prefix:   "my.prefix",
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb.go b/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb.go
index 833e200ad3609..b60cc75c34b7f 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ var sampleConfig string
 type IoTDB struct {
 	Host            string          `toml:"host"`
 	Port            string          `toml:"port"`
-	User            string          `toml:"user"`
-	Password        string          `toml:"password"`
+	User            config.Secret   `toml:"user"`
+	Password        config.Secret   `toml:"password"`
 	Timeout         config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
 	ConvertUint64To string          `toml:"uint64_conversion"`
 	TimeStampUnit   string          `toml:"timestamp_precision"`
@@ -64,16 +64,36 @@ func (s *IoTDB) Init() error {
 	if !choice.Contains(s.TreatTagsAs, []string{"fields", "device_id"}) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown 'convert_tags_to' method %q", s.TreatTagsAs)
 	}
+
+	if s.User.Empty() {
+		s.User.Destroy()
+		s.User = config.NewSecret([]byte("root"))
+	}
+	if s.Password.Empty() {
+		s.Password.Destroy()
+		s.Password = config.NewSecret([]byte("root"))
+	}
+
 	s.Log.Info("Initialization completed.")
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *IoTDB) Connect() error {
+	username, err := s.User.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+	password, err := s.Password.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
 	sessionConf := &client.Config{
 		Host:     s.Host,
 		Port:     s.Port,
-		UserName: s.User,
-		Password: s.Password,
+		UserName: string(username),
+		Password: string(password),
 	}
 	var ss = client.NewSession(sessionConf)
 	s.session = &ss
@@ -265,8 +285,6 @@ func newIoTDB() *IoTDB {
 	return &IoTDB{
 		Host:            "localhost",
 		Port:            "6667",
-		User:            "root",
-		Password:        "root",
 		Timeout:         config.Duration(time.Second * 5),
 		ConvertUint64To: "int64_clip",
 		TimeStampUnit:   "nanosecond",
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb_test.go b/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb_test.go
index 87c3796dbc4d4..769eac1dc04f7 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/iotdb/iotdb_test.go
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ func TestIntegrationInserts(t *testing.T) {
 	testClient := &IoTDB{
 		Host:            container.Address,
 		Port:            container.Ports[iotdbPort],
-		User:            "root",
-		Password:        "root",
+		User:            config.NewSecret([]byte("root")),
+		Password:        config.NewSecret([]byte("root")),
 		Timeout:         config.Duration(time.Second * 5),
 		ConvertUint64To: "int64_clip",
 		TimeStampUnit:   "nanosecond",
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go b/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go
index 8d8d1fbd320bf..aff427f645bfe 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ var sampleConfig string
 
 // Librato structure for configuration and client
 type Librato struct {
-	APIUser   string          `toml:"api_user"`
-	APIToken  string          `toml:"api_token"`
+	APIUser   config.Secret   `toml:"api_user"`
+	APIToken  config.Secret   `toml:"api_token"`
 	Debug     bool            `toml:"debug"`
 	SourceTag string          `toml:"source_tag" deprecated:"1.0.0;use 'template' instead"`
 	Timeout   config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
@@ -67,9 +68,8 @@ func (*Librato) SampleConfig() string {
 // Connect is the default output plugin connection function who make sure it
 // can connect to the endpoint
 func (l *Librato) Connect() error {
-	if l.APIUser == "" || l.APIToken == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"api_user and api_token are required fields for librato output")
+	if l.APIUser.Empty() || l.APIToken.Empty() {
+		return errors.New("api_user and api_token required")
 	}
 	l.client = &http.Client{
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
@@ -142,7 +142,19 @@ func (l *Librato) writeBatch(start int, sizeBatch int, metricCounter int, tempGa
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create http.Request, %s", err.Error())
 	}
 	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	req.SetBasicAuth(l.APIUser, l.APIToken)
+
+	user, err := l.APIUser.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting user failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	token, err := l.APIToken.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		config.ReleaseSecret(user)
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	req.SetBasicAuth(string(user), string(token))
+	config.ReleaseSecret(user)
+	config.ReleaseSecret(token)
 
 	resp, err := l.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/librato/librato_test.go b/plugins/outputs/librato/librato_test.go
index f88ced5b67f33..9eb7036c174e8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/librato/librato_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/librato/librato_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -33,12 +34,10 @@ func TestUriOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	l := newTestLibrato(ts.URL)
-	l.APIUser = "telegraf@influxdb.com"
-	l.APIToken = "123456"
-	err := l.Connect()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	err = l.Write([]telegraf.Metric{newHostMetric(int32(0), "name", "host")})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	l.APIUser = config.NewSecret([]byte("telegraf@influxdb.com"))
+	l.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123456"))
+	require.NoError(t, l.Connect())
+	require.NoError(t, l.Write([]telegraf.Metric{newHostMetric(int32(0), "name", "host")}))
 }
 
 func TestBadStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
@@ -49,18 +48,11 @@ func TestBadStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	l := newTestLibrato(ts.URL)
-	l.APIUser = "telegraf@influxdb.com"
-	l.APIToken = "123456"
-	err := l.Connect()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	err = l.Write([]telegraf.Metric{newHostMetric(int32(0), "name", "host")})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("error expected but none returned")
-	} else {
-		require.EqualError(
-			t,
-			fmt.Errorf("received bad status code, 503\n "), err.Error())
-	}
+	l.APIUser = config.NewSecret([]byte("telegraf@influxdb.com"))
+	l.APIToken = config.NewSecret([]byte("123456"))
+	require.NoError(t, l.Connect())
+	err := l.Write([]telegraf.Metric{newHostMetric(int32(0), "name", "host")})
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "received bad status code, 503")
 }
 
 func TestBuildGauge(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go b/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go
index 750d11212a58c..3fa993406fa38 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Logzio struct {
-	Log     telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
-	Timeout config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
-	Token   string          `toml:"token"`
 	URL     string          `toml:"url"`
+	Token   config.Secret   `toml:"token"`
+	Timeout config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
+	Log     telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
 	tls.ClientConfig
 	client *http.Client
@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@ func (*Logzio) SampleConfig() string {
 func (l *Logzio) Connect() error {
 	l.Log.Debug("Connecting to logz.io output...")
 
-	if l.Token == "" || l.Token == "your logz.io token" {
+	if l.Token.Empty() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("token is required")
 	}
+	if equal, err := l.Token.EqualTo([]byte("your logz.io token")); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if equal {
+		return fmt.Errorf("please replace 'token' with your actual token")
+	}
 
 	tlsCfg, err := l.ClientConfig.TLSConfig()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -110,7 +115,12 @@ func (l *Logzio) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 }
 
 func (l *Logzio) send(metrics []byte) error {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", l.authURL(), bytes.NewBuffer(metrics))
+	url, err := l.authURL()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(metrics))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create http.Request, %s", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -130,8 +140,14 @@ func (l *Logzio) send(metrics []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (l *Logzio) authURL() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/?token=%s", l.URL, l.Token)
+func (l *Logzio) authURL() (string, error) {
+	token, err := l.Token.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(token)
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/?token=%s", l.URL, string(token)), nil
 }
 
 func (l *Logzio) parseMetric(metric telegraf.Metric) *Metric {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio_test.go b/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio_test.go
index 074192e06f0e2..9edd2f05d2375 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio_test.go
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -18,13 +20,23 @@ const (
 	testURL   = "https://logzio.com"
 )
 
-func TestConnetWithoutToken(t *testing.T) {
+func TestConnectWithoutToken(t *testing.T) {
 	l := &Logzio{
 		URL: testURL,
 		Log: testutil.Logger{},
 	}
 	err := l.Connect()
-	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "token is required")
+}
+
+func TestConnectWithDefaultToken(t *testing.T) {
+	l := &Logzio{
+		URL:   testURL,
+		Token: config.NewSecret([]byte("your logz.io token")),
+		Log:   testutil.Logger{},
+	}
+	err := l.Connect()
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "please replace 'token'")
 }
 
 func TestParseMetric(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,16 +57,12 @@ func TestBadStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	l := &Logzio{
-		Token: testToken,
+		Token: config.NewSecret([]byte(testToken)),
 		URL:   ts.URL,
 		Log:   testutil.Logger{},
 	}
-
-	err := l.Connect()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	err = l.Write(testutil.MockMetrics())
-	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, l.Connect())
+	require.Error(t, l.Write(testutil.MockMetrics()))
 }
 
 func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
@@ -81,14 +89,10 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	l := &Logzio{
-		Token: testToken,
+		Token: config.NewSecret([]byte(testToken)),
 		URL:   ts.URL,
 		Log:   testutil.Logger{},
 	}
-
-	err := l.Connect()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	err = l.Write([]telegraf.Metric{tm})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, l.Connect())
+	require.NoError(t, l.Write([]telegraf.Metric{tm}))
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/loki/loki.go b/plugins/outputs/loki/loki.go
index 0511da82bd641..5c73c9154315a 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/loki/loki.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/loki/loki.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ type Loki struct {
 	Domain       string            `toml:"domain"`
 	Endpoint     string            `toml:"endpoint"`
 	Timeout      config.Duration   `toml:"timeout"`
-	Username     string            `toml:"username"`
-	Password     string            `toml:"password"`
+	Username     config.Secret     `toml:"username"`
+	Password     config.Secret     `toml:"password"`
 	Headers      map[string]string `toml:"http_headers"`
 	ClientID     string            `toml:"client_id"`
 	ClientSecret string            `toml:"client_secret"`
@@ -156,8 +156,19 @@ func (l *Loki) writeMetrics(s Streams) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if l.Username != "" {
-		req.SetBasicAuth(l.Username, l.Password)
+	if !l.Username.Empty() {
+		username, err := l.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+		password, err := l.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
+
+		req.SetBasicAuth(string(username), string(password))
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range l.Headers {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/loki/loki_test.go b/plugins/outputs/loki/loki_test.go
index 0e97abdbc276d..28788ab2456ff 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/loki/loki_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/loki/loki_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
@@ -250,22 +251,17 @@ func TestBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		plugin *Loki
+		name     string
+		username string
+		password string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "default",
-			plugin: &Loki{
-				Domain: u.String(),
-			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "username and password",
-			plugin: &Loki{
-				Domain:   u.String(),
-				Username: "username",
-				Password: "pa$$word",
-			},
+			name:     "username and password",
+			username: "username",
+			password: "pa$$word",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -273,16 +269,19 @@ func TestBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			ts.Config.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				username, password, _ := r.BasicAuth()
-				require.Equal(t, tt.plugin.Username, username)
-				require.Equal(t, tt.plugin.Password, password)
+				require.Equal(t, tt.username, username)
+				require.Equal(t, tt.password, password)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			})
 
-			err = tt.plugin.Connect()
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			plugin := &Loki{
+				Domain:   u.String(),
+				Username: config.NewSecret([]byte(tt.username)),
+				Password: config.NewSecret([]byte(tt.password)),
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, plugin.Connect())
 
-			err = tt.plugin.Write([]telegraf.Metric{getMetric()})
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, plugin.Write([]telegraf.Metric{getMetric()}))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb.go b/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb.go
index f066e2652de1a..c907d3bf72516 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb.go
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ type MongoDB struct {
 	AuthenticationType  string          `toml:"authentication"`
 	MetricDatabase      string          `toml:"database"`
 	MetricGranularity   string          `toml:"granularity"`
-	Username            string          `toml:"username"`
-	Password            string          `toml:"password"`
+	Username            config.Secret   `toml:"username"`
+	Password            config.Secret   `toml:"password"`
 	ServerSelectTimeout config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
 	TTL                 config.Duration `toml:"ttl"`
 	Log                 telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
@@ -95,17 +95,28 @@ func (s *MongoDB) Init() error {
 
 	switch s.AuthenticationType {
 	case "SCRAM":
-		if s.Username == "" {
+		if s.Username.Empty() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("SCRAM authentication must specify a username")
 		}
-		if s.Password == "" {
+		if s.Password.Empty() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("SCRAM authentication must specify a password")
 		}
+		username, err := s.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		password, err := s.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
 		credential := options.Credential{
 			AuthMechanism: "SCRAM-SHA-256",
-			Username:      s.Username,
-			Password:      s.Password,
+			Username:      string(username),
+			Password:      string(password),
 		}
+		config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+		config.ReleaseSecret(password)
 		s.clientOptions.SetAuth(credential)
 	case "X509":
 		//format connection string to include tls/x509 options
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb_test.go b/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb_test.go
index 6b6a63e05d7be..e6d5050647cfa 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/mongodb/mongodb_test.go
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ func TestConnectAndWriteIntegrationSCRAMAuth(t *testing.T) {
 				Dsn: fmt.Sprintf("mongodb://%s:%s/admin",
 					container.Address, container.Ports[servicePort]),
 				AuthenticationType: "SCRAM",
-				Username:           "root",
-				Password:           "changeme",
+				Username:           config.NewSecret([]byte("root")),
+				Password:           config.NewSecret([]byte("changeme")),
 				MetricDatabase:     "telegraf_test",
 				MetricGranularity:  "seconds",
 			},
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ func TestConnectAndWriteIntegrationSCRAMAuth(t *testing.T) {
 				Dsn: fmt.Sprintf("mongodb://%s:%s/admin",
 					container.Address, container.Ports[servicePort]),
 				AuthenticationType:  "SCRAM",
-				Username:            "root",
-				Password:            "root",
+				Username:            config.NewSecret([]byte("root")),
+				Password:            config.NewSecret([]byte("root")),
 				MetricDatabase:      "telegraf_test",
 				MetricGranularity:   "seconds",
 				ServerSelectTimeout: config.Duration(time.Duration(5) * time.Second),
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func TestConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			plugin: &MongoDB{
 				Dsn:                "mongodb://localhost:27017",
 				AuthenticationType: "SCRAM",
-				Password:           "somerandompasswordthatwontwork",
+				Password:           config.NewSecret([]byte("somerandompasswordthatwontwork")),
 				MetricDatabase:     "telegraf_test",
 				MetricGranularity:  "seconds",
 			},
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func TestConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			plugin: &MongoDB{
 				Dsn:                "mongodb://localhost:27017",
 				AuthenticationType: "SCRAM",
-				Username:           "somerandomusernamethatwontwork",
+				Username:           config.NewSecret([]byte("somerandomusernamethatwontwork")),
 				MetricDatabase:     "telegraf_test",
 				MetricGranularity:  "seconds",
 			},
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go
index d78cd8887ad6b..8a2fbf4c7323b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 type MQTT struct {
-	Servers     []string `toml:"servers"`
-	Protocol    string   `toml:"protocol"`
-	Username    string   `toml:"username"`
-	Password    string   `toml:"password"`
+	Servers     []string      `toml:"servers"`
+	Protocol    string        `toml:"protocol"`
+	Username    config.Secret `toml:"username"`
+	Password    config.Secret `toml:"password"`
 	Database    string
 	Timeout     config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
 	TopicPrefix string          `toml:"topic_prefix" deprecated:"1.25.0;use 'topic' instead"`
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v3.go b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v3.go
index cc868c3effdd2..5a8a4079fce5d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v3.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v3.go
@@ -40,13 +40,21 @@ func (m *mqttv311Client) Connect() error {
 	}
 	opts.SetTLSConfig(tlsCfg)
 
-	user := m.Username
-	if user != "" {
-		opts.SetUsername(user)
+	if !m.Username.Empty() {
+		user, err := m.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		opts.SetUsername(string(user))
+		config.ReleaseSecret(user)
 	}
-	password := m.Password
-	if password != "" {
-		opts.SetPassword(password)
+	if !m.Password.Empty() {
+		password, err := m.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		opts.SetPassword(string(password))
+		config.ReleaseSecret(password)
 	}
 
 	if len(m.Servers) == 0 {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v5.go b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v5.go
index 818a743ad96e6..9bc0480d67849 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v5.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/mqtt/mqtt_v5.go
@@ -29,9 +29,18 @@ func (m *mqttv5Client) Connect() error {
 		opts.ClientID = "Telegraf-Output-" + internal.RandomString(5)
 	}
 
-	user := m.Username
-	pass := m.Password
-	opts.SetUsernamePassword(user, []byte(pass))
+	user, err := m.Username.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	pass, err := m.Password.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		config.ReleaseSecret(user)
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	opts.SetUsernamePassword(string(user), pass)
+	config.ReleaseSecret(user)
+	config.ReleaseSecret(pass)
 
 	tlsCfg, err := m.ClientConfig.TLSConfig()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go b/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go
index 6cb91022d8bf4..7f14589904a6b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/nats/nats.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
@@ -18,13 +19,13 @@ import (
 var sampleConfig string
 
 type NATS struct {
-	Servers     []string `toml:"servers"`
-	Secure      bool     `toml:"secure"`
-	Name        string   `toml:"name"`
-	Username    string   `toml:"username"`
-	Password    string   `toml:"password"`
-	Credentials string   `toml:"credentials"`
-	Subject     string   `toml:"subject"`
+	Servers     []string      `toml:"servers"`
+	Secure      bool          `toml:"secure"`
+	Name        string        `toml:"name"`
+	Username    config.Secret `toml:"username"`
+	Password    config.Secret `toml:"password"`
+	Credentials config.Secret `toml:"credentials"`
+	Subject     string        `toml:"subject"`
 
 	tls.ClientConfig
 
@@ -50,12 +51,28 @@ func (n *NATS) Connect() error {
 	}
 
 	// override authentication, if any was specified
-	if n.Username != "" && n.Password != "" {
-		opts = append(opts, nats.UserInfo(n.Username, n.Password))
+	if !n.Username.Empty() && !n.Password.Empty() {
+		username, err := n.Username.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		password, err := n.Password.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		opts = append(opts, nats.UserInfo(string(username), string(password)))
+		config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+		config.ReleaseSecret(password)
 	}
 
-	if n.Credentials != "" {
-		opts = append(opts, nats.UserCredentials(n.Credentials))
+	if !n.Credentials.Empty() {
+		credentials, err := n.Credentials.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting credentials failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		opts = append(opts, nats.UserCredentials(string(credentials)))
+		config.ReleaseSecret(credentials)
 	}
 
 	if n.Name != "" {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries.go b/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries.go
index 04492a967babb..28c3452fe9763 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v7"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 )
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ var sampleConfig string
 
 type RedisTimeSeries struct {
 	Address  string          `toml:"address"`
-	Username string          `toml:"username"`
-	Password string          `toml:"password"`
+	Username config.Secret   `toml:"username"`
+	Password config.Secret   `toml:"password"`
 	Database int             `toml:"database"`
 	Log      telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 	tls.ClientConfig
@@ -29,10 +30,23 @@ func (r *RedisTimeSeries) Connect() error {
 	if r.Address == "" {
 		return errors.New("redis address must be specified")
 	}
+
+	username, err := r.Username.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+
+	password, err := r.Password.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
+
 	r.client = redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
 		Addr:     r.Address,
-		Password: r.Password,
-		Username: r.Username,
+		Username: string(username),
+		Password: string(password),
 		DB:       r.Database,
 	})
 	return r.client.Ping().Err()
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/signalfx/signalfx.go b/plugins/outputs/signalfx/signalfx.go
index 614ed6bac1d25..0a8fc3e48f00a 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/signalfx/signalfx.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/signalfx/signalfx.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/signalfx/golib/v3/sfxclient"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 )
 
@@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ func init() {
 
 // SignalFx plugin context
 type SignalFx struct {
-	AccessToken        string   `toml:"access_token"`
-	SignalFxRealm      string   `toml:"signalfx_realm"`
-	IngestURL          string   `toml:"ingest_url"`
-	IncludedEventNames []string `toml:"included_event_names"`
+	AccessToken        config.Secret `toml:"access_token"`
+	SignalFxRealm      string        `toml:"signalfx_realm"`
+	IngestURL          string        `toml:"ingest_url"`
+	IncludedEventNames []string      `toml:"included_event_names"`
 
 	Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
@@ -66,9 +67,6 @@ func GetMetricType(mtype telegraf.ValueType) (metricType datapoint.MetricType) {
 func NewSignalFx() *SignalFx {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	return &SignalFx{
-		AccessToken:        "",
-		SignalFxRealm:      "",
-		IngestURL:          "",
 		IncludedEventNames: []string{""},
 		ctx:                ctx,
 		cancel:             cancel,
@@ -83,7 +81,13 @@ func (*SignalFx) SampleConfig() string {
 // Connect establishes a connection to SignalFx
 func (s *SignalFx) Connect() error {
 	client := s.client.(*sfxclient.HTTPSink)
-	client.AuthToken = s.AccessToken
+
+	token, err := s.AccessToken.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	client.AuthToken = string(token)
+	config.ReleaseSecret(token)
 
 	if s.IngestURL != "" {
 		client.DatapointEndpoint = datapointEndpointForIngestURL(s.IngestURL)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go b/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go
index 4db820be47f6e..336518f16425d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ var sampleConfig string
 
 type STOMP struct {
 	Host      string          `toml:"host"`
-	Username  string          `toml:"username"`
-	Password  string          `toml:"password"`
+	Username  config.Secret   `toml:"username"`
+	Password  config.Secret   `toml:"password"`
 	QueueName string          `toml:"queueName"`
 	Log       telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
@@ -55,11 +55,15 @@ func (q *STOMP) Connect() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	q.stomp, err = stomp.Connect(
-		q.conn,
-		stomp.ConnOpt.HeartBeat(time.Duration(q.HeartBeatSend), time.Duration(q.HeartBeatRec)),
-		stomp.ConnOpt.Login(q.Username, q.Password),
+	authOption, err := q.getAuthOption()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	heartbeatOption := stomp.ConnOpt.HeartBeat(
+		time.Duration(q.HeartBeatSend),
+		time.Duration(q.HeartBeatRec),
 	)
+	q.stomp, err = stomp.Connect(q.conn, heartbeatOption, authOption)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -92,6 +96,20 @@ func (q *STOMP) Close() error {
 	return q.stomp.Disconnect()
 }
 
+func (q *STOMP) getAuthOption() (func(*stomp.Conn) error, error) {
+	username, err := q.Username.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting username failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(username)
+	password, err := q.Password.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer config.ReleaseSecret(password)
+	return stomp.ConnOpt.Login(string(username), string(password)), nil
+}
+
 func init() {
 	outputs.Add("stomp", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &STOMP{
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp_test.go b/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp_test.go
index 2b33225d7e066..d36d9dabcedd6 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stomp/stomp_test.go
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ func TestConnectAndWrite(t *testing.T) {
 		QueueName:     "test_queue",
 		HeartBeatSend: 0,
 		HeartBeatRec:  0,
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
 		serialize:     s,
 	}
-	err = st.Connect()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, st.Connect())
 
-	err = st.Write(testutil.MockMetrics())
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, st.Write(testutil.MockMetrics()))
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10.go b/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10.go
index 0121cdfa0fcb1..d2248b09fda61 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 type Warp10 struct {
 	Prefix             string          `toml:"prefix"`
 	WarpURL            string          `toml:"warp_url"`
-	Token              string          `toml:"token"`
+	Token              config.Secret   `toml:"token"`
 	Timeout            config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
 	PrintErrorBody     bool            `toml:"print_error_body"`
 	MaxStringErrorSize int             `toml:"max_string_error_size"`
@@ -125,8 +125,13 @@ func (w *Warp10) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create new request '%s': %s", addr, err)
 	}
 
-	req.Header.Set("X-Warp10-Token", w.Token)
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+	token, err := w.Token.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("X-Warp10-Token", string(token))
+	config.ReleaseSecret(token)
 
 	resp, err := w.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10_test.go b/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10_test.go
index 3fd08055fbb02..798a9610d9852 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/warp10/warp10_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package warp10
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ func TestWriteWarp10(t *testing.T) {
 	w := Warp10{
 		Prefix:  "unit.test",
 		WarpURL: "http://localhost:8090",
-		Token:   "WRITE",
+		Token:   config.NewSecret([]byte("WRITE")),
 	}
 
 	payload := w.GenWarp10Payload(testutil.MockMetrics())
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func TestWriteWarp10EncodedTags(t *testing.T) {
 	w := Warp10{
 		Prefix:  "unit.test",
 		WarpURL: "http://localhost:8090",
-		Token:   "WRITE",
+		Token:   config.NewSecret([]byte("WRITE")),
 	}
 
 	metrics := testutil.MockMetrics()
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ func TestHandleWarp10Error(t *testing.T) {
 	w := Warp10{
 		Prefix:  "unit.test",
 		WarpURL: "http://localhost:8090",
-		Token:   "WRITE",
+		Token:   config.NewSecret([]byte("WRITE")),
 	}
 	tests := [...]*ErrorTest{
 		{
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
index f81566edf4a86..44e8c9ee48dd8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	wavefront "github.com/wavefronthq/wavefront-sdk-go/senders"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	serializer "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/wavefront"
 )
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ const maxTagLength = 254
 
 type Wavefront struct {
 	URL                  string                          `toml:"url"`
-	Token                string                          `toml:"token"`
+	Token                config.Secret                   `toml:"token"`
 	Host                 string                          `toml:"host" deprecated:"2.4.0;use url instead"`
 	Port                 int                             `toml:"port" deprecated:"2.4.0;use url instead"`
 	Prefix               string                          `toml:"prefix"`
@@ -53,10 +54,20 @@ func (*Wavefront) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func senderURLFromURLAndToken(rawURL, token string) (string, error) {
-	newURL, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
+func (w *Wavefront) senderURLFromURLAndToken() (string, error) {
+	newURL, err := url.Parse(w.URL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not parse the provided Url: %s", rawURL)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not parse the provided URL: %s", w.URL)
+	}
+
+	token := "DUMMY_TOKEN"
+	if !w.Token.Empty() {
+		b, err := w.Token.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("getting token failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		token = string(b)
+		config.ReleaseSecret(b)
 	}
 	newURL.User = url.User(token)
 
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ func (w *Wavefront) Connect() error {
 	var connectionURL string
 	if w.URL != "" {
 		w.Log.Debug("connecting over http/https using Url: %s", w.URL)
-		connectionURLWithToken, err := senderURLFromURLAndToken(w.URL, w.Token)
+		connectionURLWithToken, err := w.senderURLFromURLAndToken()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -287,7 +298,6 @@ func (w *Wavefront) Close() error {
 func init() {
 	outputs.Add("wavefront", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &Wavefront{
-			Token:                "DUMMY_TOKEN",
 			MetricSeparator:      ".",
 			ConvertPaths:         true,
 			ConvertBool:          true,
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
index 60e1ffbdc840e..115d10782ec4c 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	serializer "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/wavefront"
@@ -369,10 +370,14 @@ func TestSenderURLFromHostAndPort(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSenderURLFromURLAndToken(t *testing.T) {
-	url, err := senderURLFromURLAndToken("https://surf.wavefront.com", "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555")
-	require.Nil(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, "https://11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555@surf.wavefront.com",
-		url)
+	w := &Wavefront{
+		URL:   "https://surf.wavefront.com",
+		Token: config.NewSecret([]byte("11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555")),
+	}
+
+	url, err := w.senderURLFromURLAndToken()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "https://11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555@surf.wavefront.com", url)
 }
 
 func TestDefaults(t *testing.T) {