diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpClientSettingsKey.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpClientSettingsKey.java
index bb568eab2..0ca3df8b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpClientSettingsKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpClientSettingsKey.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public String getUserAgentSuffix() {
   }
 
   /** Be careful of using this! Should only be called when password is later masked. */
+  @SnowflakeJdbcInternalApi
   public String getProxyPassword() {
     return this.proxyPassword;
   }