diff --git a/libmamba/include/mamba/api/configuration.hpp b/libmamba/include/mamba/api/configuration.hpp
index e21fb2a20f..861fdf9c77 100644
--- a/libmamba/include/mamba/api/configuration.hpp
+++ b/libmamba/include/mamba/api/configuration.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #define MAMBA_API_CONFIGURATION_HPP
 
 #include <functional>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
 
@@ -961,6 +963,13 @@ namespace mamba
     }
 
     void use_conda_root_prefix(Configuration& config, bool force = false);
+
+    void print_dump(
+        const Configuration& config,
+        int dump_opts = MAMBA_SHOW_CONFIG_VALUES,
+        std::vector<std::string> dump_names = {}
+    );
+
 }
 
 #endif  // MAMBA_CONFIG_HPP
diff --git a/libmamba/src/api/config.cpp b/libmamba/src/api/config.cpp
index 1cecb2e81e..f7b2f98f35 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/api/config.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/api/config.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace mamba
         auto specs = config.at("specs").value<std::vector<std::string>>();
         int dump_opts = MAMBA_SHOW_CONFIG_DESCS | show_long_desc | show_group;
 
-        std::cout << config.dump(dump_opts, specs) << std::endl;
+        print_dump(config, dump_opts, specs);
 
         config.operation_teardown();
     }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace mamba
         int dump_opts = MAMBA_SHOW_CONFIG_VALUES | show_sources | show_desc | show_long_desc
                         | show_group | show_all_rcs | show_all;
 
-        std::cout << config.dump(dump_opts, specs) << std::endl;
+        print_dump(config, dump_opts, specs);
 
         config.operation_teardown();
     }
diff --git a/libmamba/src/api/configuration.cpp b/libmamba/src/api/configuration.cpp
index affefbf432..e8931a96f6 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/api/configuration.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/api/configuration.cpp
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ namespace mamba
         {
             int dump_opts = MAMBA_SHOW_CONFIG_VALUES | MAMBA_SHOW_CONFIG_SRCS
                             | MAMBA_SHOW_ALL_CONFIGS;
-            std::cout << this->dump(dump_opts) << std::endl;
+            print_dump(*this, dump_opts);
             exit(0);
         }
 
@@ -2771,4 +2771,12 @@ namespace mamba
             return dump_yaml(opts, names, get_grouped_config());
         }
     }
+
+    void print_dump(const Configuration& config, int dump_opts, std::vector<std::string> dump_names)
+    {
+        // Note: this function is intended to get more complex with incoming changes and need to be
+        // isolated in preparation for these changes.
+        const std::string dump_text = hide_secrets(config.dump(dump_opts, std::move(dump_names)));
+        std::cout << dump_text << std::endl;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/micromamba/tests/test_config.py b/micromamba/tests/test_config.py
index 205c70b8d3..38649f652b 100644
--- a/micromamba/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/micromamba/tests/test_config.py
@@ -816,11 +816,8 @@ def test_envsubst_windows_problem(self, monkeypatch, rc_file):
         monkeypatch.setenv("CONDA_CHANNEL_UPLOAD_USER", "uuuuuuuuu", True)
         monkeypatch.setenv("CONDA_CHANNEL_UPLOAD_PASSWORD", "pppppppppppppppppppp", True)
         out = self._roundtrip(rc_file, condarc)
+        # Note that the password is a secret and will be hidden in the output
+        assert out["channel_alias"] == "https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/t/*****/get"
         assert (
-            out["channel_alias"]
-            == "https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/t/kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk/get"
-        )
-        assert (
-            out["custom_channels"]["yyyyyyyyyyyy"]
-            == "https://uuuuuuuuu:pppppppppppppppppppp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com"
+            out["custom_channels"]["yyyyyyyyyyyy"] == "https://uuuuuuuuu:*****@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com"
         )