diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5153bd7..11f48e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.0.6] - 2024-01-25
+
+- Fixes the issue where passwords were inadvertently logged in the logs.
+
 ## [5.0.5] - 2023-12-06
 
 - Validates db config types in `canBeUsed` function
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 85e59dd..ab2184a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java-library'
 }
 
-version = "5.0.5"
+version = "5.0.6"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/config/MySQLConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/config/MySQLConfig.java
index 1fc14f1..c678f5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/config/MySQLConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/config/MySQLConfig.java
@@ -509,10 +509,11 @@ public String getConnectionPoolId() {
         StringBuilder connectionPoolId = new StringBuilder();
         for (Field field : MySQLConfig.class.getDeclaredFields()) {
             if (field.isAnnotationPresent(ConnectionPoolProperty.class)) {
-                connectionPoolId.append("|");
                 try {
-                    if (field.get(this) != null) {
-                        connectionPoolId.append(field.get(this).toString());
+                    String fieldName = field.getName();
+                    String fieldValue = field.get(this) != null ? field.get(this).toString() : null;
+                    if (!fieldName.equals("mysql_password") && fieldValue != null) {
+                        connectionPoolId.append("|" + fieldValue);
                     }
                 } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                     throw new RuntimeException(e);