diff --git a/.chloggen/rabbitmq-use-configopaque.yaml b/.chloggen/rabbitmq-use-configopaque.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ed09ef1b322d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/rabbitmq-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/rabbitmq
+
+# 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/rabbitmqreceiver/client.go b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/client.go
index e5ddd9f6cc2d..f0888e0f9ae7 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/client.go
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/client.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func newClient(cfg *Config, host component.Host, settings component.TelemetrySet
 		hostEndpoint: cfg.Endpoint,
 		creds: rabbitmqCredentials{
 			username: cfg.Username,
-			password: cfg.Password,
+			password: string(cfg.Password),
 		},
 		logger: logger,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/client_test.go b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/client_test.go
index 21653a2113b4..e45fcfb6fc8b 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/client_test.go
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/client_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestNewClient(t *testing.T) {
 				require.True(t, ok)
 
 				require.Equal(t, tc.cfg.Username, actualClient.creds.username)
-				require.Equal(t, tc.cfg.Password, actualClient.creds.password)
+				require.Equal(t, string(tc.cfg.Password), actualClient.creds.password)
 				require.Equal(t, tc.cfg.Endpoint, actualClient.hostEndpoint)
 				require.Equal(t, tc.logger, actualClient.logger)
 				require.NotNil(t, actualClient.client)
diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go
index 30d349a22511..1d2c211b475e 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ const defaultEndpoint = "http://localhost:15672"
 type Config struct {
 	scraperhelper.ScraperControllerSettings `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	confighttp.HTTPClientSettings           `mapstructure:",squash"`
-	Username                                string `mapstructure:"username"`
-	Password                                string `mapstructure:"password"`
+	Username                                string              `mapstructure:"username"`
+	Password                                configopaque.String `mapstructure:"password"`
 	metadata.MetricsBuilderConfig           `mapstructure:",squash"`
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod
index 8148bafaf84c..0d223dd74188 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp v0.81.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.81.0
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v0.81.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.81.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.81.0 // indirect