diff --git a/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/EndpointOverview.jsx b/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/EndpointOverview.jsx
index 7bf82518905..fc02c40c31e 100644
--- a/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/EndpointOverview.jsx
+++ b/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/EndpointOverview.jsx
@@ -710,6 +710,11 @@ function EndpointOverview(props) {
     const saveEndpointSecurityConfig = (endpointSecurityObj, enType) => {
         const { type } = endpointSecurityObj;
         let newEndpointSecurityObj = endpointSecurityObj;
+        const secretPlaceholder = '******';
+        newEndpointSecurityObj.clientSecret = newEndpointSecurityObj.clientSecret 
+            === secretPlaceholder ? '' : newEndpointSecurityObj.clientSecret;
+        newEndpointSecurityObj.password = newEndpointSecurityObj.password 
+            === secretPlaceholder ? '' : newEndpointSecurityObj.password;
         if (type === 'NONE') {
             newEndpointSecurityObj = { ...CONSTS.DEFAULT_ENDPOINT_SECURITY, type };
         } else {
diff --git a/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/GeneralConfiguration/EndpointSecurity.jsx b/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/GeneralConfiguration/EndpointSecurity.jsx
index 9f6b5acd104..f50ffddd2df 100644
--- a/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/GeneralConfiguration/EndpointSecurity.jsx
+++ b/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/GeneralConfiguration/EndpointSecurity.jsx
@@ -188,13 +188,14 @@ function EndpointSecurity(props) {
             const {
                 type, username, password, grantType, tokenUrl, clientId, clientSecret, customParameters,
             } = securityInfo;
+            const secretPlaceholder = '******';
             tmpSecurity.type = type === null ? 'NONE' : type;
             tmpSecurity.username = username;
-            tmpSecurity.password = password === '' ? '**********' : password;
+            tmpSecurity.password = password === '' ? secretPlaceholder : password;
             tmpSecurity.grantType = grantType;
             tmpSecurity.tokenUrl = tokenUrl;
-            tmpSecurity.clientId = clientId === '' ? '********' : clientId;
-            tmpSecurity.clientSecret = clientSecret === '' ? '********' : clientSecret;
+            tmpSecurity.clientId = clientId === '' ? secretPlaceholder : clientId;
+            tmpSecurity.clientSecret = clientSecret === '' ? secretPlaceholder : clientSecret;
             tmpSecurity.customParameters = customParameters;
         }
         setEndpointSecurityInfo(tmpSecurity);