diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index 0c62b9bb..2251aad9 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -664,12 +664,13 @@ export class AdapterConfig<T extends SettingsDefinitionMap = SettingsDefinitionM
       )
       .map(([name]) => ({
         key: name,
-        // Escaping potential special characters in values before creating regex
         value: new RegExp(
-          ((this.settings as Record<string, ValidSettingValue>)[name]! as string).replace(
-            /[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g,
-            '\\$&',
-          ),
+          ((this.settings as Record<string, ValidSettingValue>)[name]! as string)
+            // Escaping potential special characters in values before creating regex
+            .replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, '\\$&')
+            // Escaping special case for new line characters. This is needed to properly match and censor private keys,
+            // ssh keys, and other multi-line string values.
+            .replace(/\n/g, '\\n'),
           'gi',
         ),
       }))
diff --git a/test/config.test.ts b/test/config.test.ts
index febf043e..e3309e52 100644
--- a/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/test/config.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   SettingsDefinitionMap,
 } from '../src/config'
 import { validator } from '../src/validation/utils'
+import { Adapter } from '../src/adapter'
+import { buildSettingsList } from '../src/util/settings'
 
 test.afterEach(async () => {
   process.env = {}
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ test.serial('Test validate function (scientific notation)', async (t) => {
   }
 })
 
-test('sensitive configuration constants are properly flagged', (t) => {
+test.serial('sensitive configuration constants are properly flagged', (t) => {
   // Extract all settings that are marked as sensitive
   const actualSensitiveSettings = Object.entries(BaseSettingsDefinition)
     .filter(([_, setting]) => (setting as { sensitive?: boolean }).sensitive === true)
@@ -187,3 +189,41 @@ test('sensitive configuration constants are properly flagged', (t) => {
   // Deep equal comparison
   t.deepEqual(actualSensitiveSettings, expectedSensitiveSettings)
 })
+
+test.serial('multiline sensitive configuration constants are properly redacted', async (t) => {
+  // GIVEN
+  process.env['PRIVATE_KEY'] =
+    '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nthis\nis a fake\nprivate key\nused for testing only==\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----'
+  const customSettings: SettingsDefinitionMap = {
+    PRIVATE_KEY: {
+      description: 'Test custom env var',
+      type: 'string',
+      sensitive: true,
+      validate: {
+        meta: {
+          details: 'placeholder validation',
+        },
+        fn: (_?: string) => {
+          return ''
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+  const config = new AdapterConfig(customSettings)
+  config.initialize()
+  config.validate()
+  config.buildCensorList()
+
+  const adapter = new Adapter({
+    name: 'TEST_ADAPTER',
+    endpoints: [],
+    config: config,
+  })
+
+  const settingsList = buildSettingsList(adapter)
+
+  const settingEntries = settingsList.filter((entry) => entry.name === 'PRIVATE_KEY')
+  t.assert(settingEntries.length === 1)
+  const settingEntry = settingEntries[0]
+  t.assert(settingEntry.value === '[PRIVATE_KEY REDACTED]')
+})