diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/predibase.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/predibase.py
index 2aaafd9128f..f04ce49398d 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/predibase.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/predibase.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional
 
 from langchain_core.callbacks import CallbackManagerForLLMRun
 from langchain_core.language_models.llms import LLM
-from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field
+from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field, SecretStr
 
 
 class Predibase(LLM):
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Predibase(LLM):
     """
 
     model: str
-    predibase_api_key: str
+    predibase_api_key: SecretStr
     model_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
 
     @property
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Predibase(LLM):
         try:
             from predibase import PredibaseClient
 
-            pc = PredibaseClient(token=self.predibase_api_key)
+            pc = PredibaseClient(token=self.predibase_api_key.get_secret_value())
         except ImportError as e:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import Predibase Python package. "
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/llms/test_predibase.py b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/llms/test_predibase.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f8b9233865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/llms/test_predibase.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import SecretStr
+from pytest import CaptureFixture
+
+from langchain_community.llms.predibase import Predibase
+
+
+def test_api_key_is_string() -> None:
+    llm = Predibase(predibase_api_key="secret-api-key")
+    assert isinstance(llm.predibase_api_key, SecretStr)
+
+
+def test_api_key_masked_when_passed_via_constructor(
+    capsys: CaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    llm = Predibase(predibase_api_key="secret-api-key")
+    print(llm.predibase_api_key, end="")
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+
+    assert captured.out == "**********"