diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/Utils.java b/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/Utils.java
index 378f04d..c426f45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/Utils.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -155,5 +156,23 @@ public static void close(AutoCloseable cl) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sanitizes a map of HTTP headers - all entries where the key equals "Authorization" (case-insensitive) are
+     * overridden to mask the original authorization data.
+     *
+     * @param headers HTTP header map
+     * @return map where all "Authorization" entries are masked
+     */
+    public static Map<String, String> sanitizeHttpHeaders(Map<String, String> headers) {
+        HashMap<String, String> newHeaders = new HashMap<>(headers);
+        // Iterate over all keys to find all case combinations
+        newHeaders.keySet().forEach(key -> {
+            if (key != null && key.equalsIgnoreCase("Authorization")) {
+                newHeaders.put(key, "***");
+            }
+        });
+        return newHeaders;
+    }
+
     private Utils() {}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/stream/BaseStreamProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/stream/BaseStreamProvider.java
index dc3b045..9f1bc7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/stream/BaseStreamProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/stream/BaseStreamProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.jgroups.protocols.kubernetes.stream;
 
+import org.jgroups.protocols.kubernetes.Utils;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
@@ -12,7 +14,8 @@ public abstract class BaseStreamProvider implements StreamProvider {
 
     public URLConnection openConnection(String url, Map<String, String> headers, int connectTimeout, int readTimeout) throws IOException {
         if (log.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
-            log.log(Level.FINE, String.format("%s opening connection: url [%s], headers [%s], connectTimeout [%s], readTimeout [%s]", getClass().getSimpleName(), url, headers, connectTimeout, readTimeout));
+            log.log(Level.FINE, String.format("%s opening connection: url [%s], headers [%s], connectTimeout [%s], readTimeout [%s]",
+                    getClass().getSimpleName(), url, Utils.sanitizeHttpHeaders(headers), connectTimeout, readTimeout));
         }
         URLConnection connection = new URL(url).openConnection();
         if (headers != null) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/UtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/UtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a39b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jgroups/protocols/kubernetes/UtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package org.jgroups.protocols.kubernetes;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class UtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSanitizeHttpHeaders() {
+        Map<String, String> sanitized = Utils.sanitizeHttpHeaders(Map.of(
+                "Host", "jgroups.org",
+                "Authorization", "Basic abcd",
+                "authorization", "Bearer abcd"
+        ));
+        Assertions.assertThat(sanitized.get("Host")).isEqualTo("jgroups.org");
+        Assertions.assertThat(sanitized.get("Authorization")).isEqualTo("***");
+        Assertions.assertThat(sanitized.get("authorization")).isEqualTo("***");
+    }
+}