diff --git a/.chloggen/mysql-use-configopaque.yaml b/.chloggen/mysql-use-configopaque.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..a962a3c63a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/mysql-use-configopaque.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+# If your change doesn't affect end users, such as a test fix or a tooling change,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: receiver/mysql
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Change the type of `Config.Password` to be `configopaque.String`
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [17273]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/client.go b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/client.go
index db36ea63534c..53b72f44601a 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/client.go
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/client.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ var _ client = (*mySQLClient)(nil)
 func newMySQLClient(conf *Config) client {
 	driverConf := mysql.Config{
 		User:                 conf.Username,
-		Passwd:               conf.Password,
+		Passwd:               string(conf.Password),
 		Net:                  conf.Transport,
 		Addr:                 conf.Endpoint,
 		DBName:               conf.Database,
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/config.go b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/config.go
index ae1da13a7589..f4cbf0f0807b 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/config.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/mysqlreceiver/internal/metadata"
@@ -20,10 +21,10 @@ const (
 
 type Config struct {
 	scraperhelper.ScraperControllerSettings `mapstructure:",squash"`
-	Username                                string `mapstructure:"username,omitempty"`
-	Password                                string `mapstructure:"password,omitempty"`
-	Database                                string `mapstructure:"database,omitempty"`
-	AllowNativePasswords                    bool   `mapstructure:"allow_native_passwords,omitempty"`
+	Username                                string              `mapstructure:"username,omitempty"`
+	Password                                configopaque.String `mapstructure:"password,omitempty"`
+	Database                                string              `mapstructure:"database,omitempty"`
+	AllowNativePasswords                    bool                `mapstructure:"allow_native_passwords,omitempty"`
 	confignet.NetAddr                       `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	MetricsBuilderConfig                    metadata.MetricsBuilderConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	StatementEvents                         StatementEventsConfig         `mapstructure:"statement_events"`
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.mod
index 3676c4d33c72..555d00da7d0a 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0013.0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.sum
index c8710c5423b5..21b8df0ac6ab 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/go.sum
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea h1
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea/go.mod h1:90XoIDfewpei6xv5OjA2qBRMdjeZG4kuatCNtZ2342E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea h1:LortEJFE6fwOPbQbcEIRazMOHh+1sKeHf0BOSkSAZqk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea/go.mod h1:unOg7BZvpt6T5xsf+LyeOQvUhD8ld/2AbfOsmUZ/bPM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea h1:14awmqtjlsjo5PuV0Zt/e31vTAsU3CgwYA2eVV2fSL8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea/go.mod h1:pM1oy6gasukw3H6jAvc9Q9OtFaaY2IbfeuwCPAjOgXc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea h1:rm+ojtY7gCRRBfY5DYKZrGm87jd5qLbvhRyVbFiC9/A=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea/go.mod h1:KEYQRiYJdx38iZkvcLKBZWH9fK4NeafxBwGRrRKMgyA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.80.1-0.20230629144634-c3f70bd1f8ea h1:kcGEQM8KRx2H3Q/cdE9YXLTa3eMJHrA9fXQu3gFFLxw=