diff --git a/apps/emqx_redis/src/emqx_redis.erl b/apps/emqx_redis/src/emqx_redis.erl
index d07501bcd..44137546d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_redis/src/emqx_redis.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_redis/src/emqx_redis.erl
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ on_start(
         [
             {pool_size, PoolSize},
             {username, maps:get(username, Config, undefined)},
-            {password, eredis_secret:wrap(maps:get(password, Config, ""))},
+            {password, maps:get(password, Config, "")},
             {auto_reconnect, ?AUTO_RECONNECT_INTERVAL}
         ] ++ Database ++ Servers,
     Options =
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ redis_fields() ->
     [
         {pool_size, fun emqx_connector_schema_lib:pool_size/1},
         {username, fun emqx_connector_schema_lib:username/1},
-        {password, fun emqx_connector_schema_lib:password/1},
+        {password, emqx_connector_schema_lib:password_field()},
         {database, #{
             type => non_neg_integer(),
             default => 0,