diff --git a/plugins/redfish/fu-plugin-redfish.c b/plugins/redfish/fu-plugin-redfish.c
index 2b6fc8c88..327296a98 100644
--- a/plugins/redfish/fu-plugin-redfish.c
+++ b/plugins/redfish/fu-plugin-redfish.c
@@ -272,10 +272,11 @@ fu_redfish_plugin_ipmi_create_user(FuPlugin *plugin, GError **error)
 	fu_redfish_backend_set_password(data->backend, password_new);
 
 	/* success */
-	if (!fu_plugin_set_config_value(plugin, "Username", username_fwupd, error))
+	if (!fu_plugin_set_secure_config_value(plugin, "Username", username_fwupd, error))
 		return FALSE;
-	if (!fu_plugin_set_config_value(plugin, "Password", password_new, error))
+	if (!fu_plugin_set_secure_config_value(plugin, "Password", password_new, error))
 		return FALSE;
+
 	return TRUE;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/redfish/meson.build b/plugins/redfish/meson.build
index 713583fcc..e4e4c023e 100644
--- a/plugins/redfish/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/redfish/meson.build
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ shared_module('fu_plugin_redfish',
 
 install_data(['redfish.conf'],
   install_dir:  join_paths(sysconfdir, 'fwupd'),
-  install_mode: 'rw-r-----',
 )
 
 if get_option('tests')