diff --git a/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/aai-environment.properties b/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/aai-environment.properties
index 2d600ce..cd5c62e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/aai-environment.properties
+++ b/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/aai-environment.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #trustStorePassword intentionally left blank
 trustStorePassword.x=
 keyStorePath=/auth/client-cert-onap.p12
-keyStorePassword.x=dfcfd1003bdde18de8efea3c8661510e
+keyStorePassword.x=OBF:
 keyManagerFactoryAlgorithm=SunX509
 keyStoreType=PKCS12
 securityProtocol=TLS
diff --git a/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-audit-result.properties b/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-audit-result.properties
index f15f46d..7d335ae 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-audit-result.properties
+++ b/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-audit-result.properties
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 poa-audit-result.host=message-router:3904
 poa-audit-result.publisher.partition=1
 poa-audit-result.username=
-poa-audit-result.password=
+poa-audit-result.password=OBF:
 poa-audit-result.transport.type=HTTPAUTH
diff --git a/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-rule-validation.properties b/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-rule-validation.properties
index 79aa539..15c60af 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-rule-validation.properties
+++ b/kubernetes/pomba/charts/pomba-validation-service/resources/appconfig/topics/topic-poa-rule-validation.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 poa-rule-validation.name=POA-RULE-VALIDATION
 poa-rule-validation.host=message-router:3904
 poa-rule-validation.username=
-poa-rule-validation.password=
+poa-rule-validation.password=OBF:
 poa-rule-validation.consumer.group=poa-validator-test
 poa-rule-validation.consumer.id=test
 poa-rule-validation.transport.type=HTTPAUTH