diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/src/utils/api/types/config-edit/validators.ts b/web/ui/react-app/src/utils/api/types/config-edit/validators.ts
index 45b74be9..165ecefb 100644
--- a/web/ui/react-app/src/utils/api/types/config-edit/validators.ts
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/src/utils/api/types/config-edit/validators.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { isEmptyOrNull } from '@/utils';
 import { addZodIssuesToContext } from '@/utils/api/types/config-edit/shared/add-issues.ts';
 import { safeParse } from '@/utils/api/types/config-edit/shared/safeparse.ts';
 import { isEmpty } from '@/utils/is-empty';
+import { SecretValue } from '@/utils/secret-value';
 
 /* Field validation */
 
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ export const validateStringLength =
 		if (
 			arg &&
 			typeof arg === 'string' &&
+			arg !== SecretValue &&
 			(arg.length < min || arg.length > max)
 		) {
 			ctx.addIssue({
diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/src/utils/secret-value.ts b/web/ui/react-app/src/utils/secret-value.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6659e053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/src/utils/secret-value.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* Value representing a secret returned from the API */
+export const SecretValue = '<secret>';