diff --git a/agent/config/runtime.go b/agent/config/runtime.go
index c65642638e..4183524edc 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime.go
@@ -1843,6 +1843,21 @@ func sanitize(name string, v reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
 
 	case isArray(typ) || isSlice(typ):
 		ma := make([]interface{}, 0, v.Len())
+
+		if name == "AddHeaders" {
+			// must be UIConfig.MetricsProxy.AddHeaders
+			for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
+				addr := v.Index(i).Addr()
+				hdr := addr.Interface().(*UIMetricsProxyAddHeader)
+				hm := map[string]interface{}{
+					"Name":  hdr.Name,
+					"Value": "hidden",
+				}
+				ma = append(ma, hm)
+			}
+			return reflect.ValueOf(ma)
+		}
+
 		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "SerfAllowedCIDRs") {
 			for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
 				addr := v.Index(i).Addr()
diff --git a/agent/config/runtime_test.go b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
index 425613a6c2..49a3075300 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime_test.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
@@ -7470,6 +7470,13 @@ func TestSanitize(t *testing.T) {
 			*parseCIDR(t, "127.0.0.0/8"),
 		},
 		TxnMaxReqLen: 5678000000000000,
+		UIConfig: UIConfig{
+			MetricsProxy: UIMetricsProxy{
+				AddHeaders: []UIMetricsProxyAddHeader{
+					{Name: "foo", Value: "secret"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	rtJSON := `{
@@ -7812,7 +7819,12 @@ func TestSanitize(t *testing.T) {
 			"MetricsProviderFiles": [],
 			"MetricsProviderOptionsJSON": "",
 			"MetricsProxy": {
-				"AddHeaders": [],
+				"AddHeaders": [
+					{
+						"Name": "foo",
+						"Value": "hidden"
+					}
+				],
 				"BaseURL": "",
 				"PathAllowlist": []
 			},