diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/docker/configuration/JsonEncodedDockerRegistryAuthentication.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/docker/configuration/JsonEncodedDockerRegistryAuthentication.java
index 6567cdec43b3..515b05afa797 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/docker/configuration/JsonEncodedDockerRegistryAuthentication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/docker/configuration/JsonEncodedDockerRegistryAuthentication.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Base64;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.buildpack.platform.json.SharedObjectMapper;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
  */
 class JsonEncodedDockerRegistryAuthentication implements DockerRegistryAuthentication {
 
+	@JsonIgnore
 	private String authHeader;
 
 	@Override