diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b052fc282d..333d91a4c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -157,9 +157,12 @@ Adding a new version? You'll need three changes:
   It's only possible to set the same timeout for each rule in a single `HTTPRoute`. Other settings
   will be rejected by the admission webhook validation.
   [#5243](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/5243)
-- Log the details in response fron Konnect when failed to push configuration
+- Log the details in response from Konnect when failed to push configuration
   to Konnect.
   [#5453](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/5453)
+- Added `SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps` feature gate allowing to enable sanitizing
+  sensitive data in Konnect configuration dumps. 
+  [#5489](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/5489)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/FEATURE_GATES.md b/FEATURE_GATES.md
index 3ed18808ca..b003bbb3a7 100644
--- a/FEATURE_GATES.md
+++ b/FEATURE_GATES.md
@@ -62,13 +62,14 @@ Features that reach GA and over time become stable will be removed from this tab
 
 ### Feature gates for Alpha or Beta features
 
-| Feature           | Default | Stage | Since  | Until |
-|-------------------|---------|-------|--------|-------|
-| GatewayAlpha      | `false` | Alpha | 2.6.0  | TBD   |
-| FillIDs           | `false` | Alpha | 2.10.0 | 3.0.0 |
-| FillIDs           | `true`  | Beta  | 3.0.0  | TBD   |
-| RewriteURIs       | `false` | Alpha | 2.12.0 | TBD   |
-| KongServiceFacade | `false` | Alpha | 3.1.0  | TBD   |
+| Feature                    | Default | Stage | Since  | Until |
+|----------------------------|---------|-------|--------|-------|
+| GatewayAlpha               | `false` | Alpha | 2.6.0  | TBD   |
+| FillIDs                    | `false` | Alpha | 2.10.0 | 3.0.0 |
+| FillIDs                    | `true`  | Beta  | 3.0.0  | TBD   |
+| RewriteURIs                | `false` | Alpha | 2.12.0 | TBD   |
+| KongServiceFacade          | `false` | Alpha | 3.1.0  | TBD   |
+| SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps | `false` | Alpha | 3.1.0  | TBD   |
 
 **NOTE**: The `Gateway` feature gate refers to [Gateway
  API](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api) APIs which are in
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go b/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go
index 4fe828f1fc..b6fc3a8d60 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/kong_client.go
@@ -550,6 +550,11 @@ func (c *KongClient) sendToClient(
 ) (string, error) {
 	logger := c.logger.WithValues("url", client.AdminAPIClient().BaseRootURL())
 
+	// If the client is Konnect and the feature flag is turned on,
+	// we should sanitize the configuration before sending it out.
+	if client.IsKonnect() && config.SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps {
+		s = s.SanitizedCopy()
+	}
 	deckGenParams := deckgen.GenerateDeckContentParams{
 		SelectorTags:                    config.FilterTags,
 		ExpressionRoutes:                config.ExpressionRoutes,
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/kong_client_test.go b/internal/dataplane/kong_client_test.go
index 36cd0a3a41..7ddc2c7734 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/kong_client_test.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/kong_client_test.go
@@ -680,7 +680,9 @@ func setupTestKongClient(
 	logger := zapr.NewLogger(zap.NewNop())
 	timeout := time.Second
 	diagnostic := util.ConfigDumpDiagnostic{}
-	config := sendconfig.Config{}
+	config := sendconfig.Config{
+		SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps: true,
+	}
 
 	if eventRecorder == nil {
 		eventRecorder = mocks.NewEventRecorder()
@@ -884,3 +886,44 @@ func TestKongClientUpdate_FetchStoreAndPushLastValidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestKongClientUpdate_KonnectUpdatesAreSanitized(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	clientsProvider := mockGatewayClientsProvider{
+		gatewayClients: []*adminapi.Client{mustSampleGatewayClient(t)},
+		konnectClient:  mustSampleKonnectClient(t),
+	}
+	updateStrategyResolver := newMockUpdateStrategyResolver(t)
+	configChangeDetector := mockConfigurationChangeDetector{hasConfigurationChanged: true}
+	configBuilder := newMockKongConfigBuilder()
+	configBuilder.kongState = &kongstate.KongState{
+		Certificates: []kongstate.Certificate{
+			{
+				Certificate: kong.Certificate{
+					ID:  kong.String("new_cert"),
+					Key: kong.String(`private-key-string`), // This should be redacted.
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	kongRawStateGetter := &mockKongLastValidConfigFetcher{}
+	kongClient := setupTestKongClient(
+		t,
+		updateStrategyResolver,
+		clientsProvider,
+		configChangeDetector,
+		configBuilder,
+		nil,
+		kongRawStateGetter,
+	)
+
+	require.NoError(t, kongClient.Update(ctx))
+
+	konnectContent, ok := updateStrategyResolver.lastUpdatedContentForURL(clientsProvider.konnectClient.BaseRootURL())
+	require.True(t, ok, "expected Konnect to be updated")
+	require.Len(t, konnectContent.Content.Certificates, 1, "expected Konnect to have 1 certificate")
+	cert := konnectContent.Content.Certificates[0]
+	require.NotNil(t, cert.Key, "expected Konnect to have certificate key")
+	require.Equal(t, "{vault://redacted-value}", *cert.Key, "expected Konnect to have redacted certificate key")
+}
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/kongstate/credentials.go b/internal/dataplane/kongstate/credentials.go
index 07c0f681bf..48d9b4d608 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/kongstate/credentials.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/kongstate/credentials.go
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
 
-var redactedString = kong.String("REDACTED")
+// redactedString is used to redact sensitive values in the KongState.
+// It uses a vault URI to pass Konnect Admin API validations (e.g. when a TLS key is expected, it's only possible
+// to pass a valid key or a vault URI).
+var redactedString = kong.String("{vault://redacted-value}")
 
 // KeyAuth represents a key-auth credential.
 type KeyAuth struct {
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/kongstate/license.go b/internal/dataplane/kongstate/license.go
index 36faa14da9..2d714cbb6b 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/kongstate/license.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/kongstate/license.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package kongstate
 
-import "github.com/kong/go-kong/kong"
+import (
+	"github.com/kong/go-kong/kong"
+)
 
 // License represents the license object in Kong.
 type License struct {
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/kong.go b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/kong.go
index e8de3b4c6a..32163a8d50 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/kong.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/kong.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// ExpressionRoutes indicates whether to use Kong's expression routes.
 	ExpressionRoutes bool
+
+	// SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps indicates whether to sanitize Konnect config dumps.
+	SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps bool
 }
 
 // Init sets up variables that need external calls.
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/strategy.go b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/strategy.go
index 7feafcc195..cb3744c5ba 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/strategy.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/strategy.go
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ func (r DefaultUpdateStrategyResolver) resolveUpdateStrategy(client UpdateClient
 		return NewUpdateStrategyDBModeKonnect(
 			adminAPIClient,
 			dump.Config{
-				SkipCACerts:         true,
 				KonnectControlPlane: client.KonnectControlPlane(),
 			},
 			r.config.Version,
diff --git a/internal/manager/featuregates/feature_gates.go b/internal/manager/featuregates/feature_gates.go
index a003dcbc12..569350674c 100644
--- a/internal/manager/featuregates/feature_gates.go
+++ b/internal/manager/featuregates/feature_gates.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ const (
 	// KongServiceFacade is the name of the feature-gate for enabling KongServiceFacade CR reconciliation.
 	KongServiceFacade = "KongServiceFacade"
 
+	// SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps is the name of the feature-gate that enables sanitization of Konnect config dumps.
+	SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps = "SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps"
+
 	// DocsURL provides a link to the documentation for feature gates in the KIC repository.
 	DocsURL = "https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/main/FEATURE_GATES.md"
 )
@@ -60,9 +63,10 @@ func (fg FeatureGates) Enabled(feature string) bool {
 // NOTE: if you're adding a new feature gate, it needs to be added here.
 func GetFeatureGatesDefaults() FeatureGates {
 	return map[string]bool{
-		GatewayAlphaFeature: false,
-		FillIDsFeature:      true,
-		RewriteURIsFeature:  false,
-		KongServiceFacade:   false,
+		GatewayAlphaFeature:        false,
+		FillIDsFeature:             true,
+		RewriteURIsFeature:         false,
+		KongServiceFacade:          false,
+		SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps: false,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/manager/run.go b/internal/manager/run.go
index 0a4ac2863b..3d90ffaa5e 100644
--- a/internal/manager/run.go
+++ b/internal/manager/run.go
@@ -116,13 +116,14 @@ func Run(
 	kongSemVersion := semver.Version{Major: v.Major(), Minor: v.Minor(), Patch: v.Patch()}
 
 	kongConfig := sendconfig.Config{
-		Version:            kongSemVersion,
-		InMemory:           dbMode.IsDBLessMode(),
-		Concurrency:        c.Concurrency,
-		FilterTags:         c.FilterTags,
-		SkipCACertificates: c.SkipCACertificates,
-		EnableReverseSync:  c.EnableReverseSync,
-		ExpressionRoutes:   dpconf.ShouldEnableExpressionRoutes(routerFlavor),
+		Version:                    kongSemVersion,
+		InMemory:                   dbMode.IsDBLessMode(),
+		Concurrency:                c.Concurrency,
+		FilterTags:                 c.FilterTags,
+		SkipCACertificates:         c.SkipCACertificates,
+		EnableReverseSync:          c.EnableReverseSync,
+		ExpressionRoutes:           dpconf.ShouldEnableExpressionRoutes(routerFlavor),
+		SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps: featureGates.Enabled(featuregates.SanitizeKonnectConfigDumps),
 	}
 	kongConfig.Init(ctx, setupLog, initialKongClients)
 
diff --git a/test/envtest/telemetry_test.go b/test/envtest/telemetry_test.go
index 61c2ea74e7..a0319223ba 100644
--- a/test/envtest/telemetry_test.go
+++ b/test/envtest/telemetry_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ func verifyTelemetryReport(t *testing.T, k8sVersion *version.Info, report string
 			"feature-kongservicefacade=false;"+
 			"feature-konnect-sync=false;"+
 			"feature-rewriteuris=false;"+
+			"feature-sanitizekonnectconfigdumps=false;"+
 			"hn=%s;"+
 			"kv=3.4.1;"+
 			"rf=traditional;"+
@@ -386,7 +388,11 @@ func verifyTelemetryReport(t *testing.T, k8sVersion *version.Info, report string
 		k8sVersion.GitVersion,
 		"v"+semver.String(),
 	)
-	return report == expectedReport
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expectedReport, report); diff != "" {
+		t.Logf("telemetry report mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
 }
 
 // removeStanzaFromReport removes stanza from report. Report contains stanzas like: