diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/AbstractHerder.java b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/AbstractHerder.java
index 8d8934bcf80ab..a4476f871edb9 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/AbstractHerder.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/AbstractHerder.java
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ protected Map<String, ConfigValue> validateBasicConnectorConfig(Connector connec
 
     @Override
     public ConfigInfos validateConnectorConfig(Map<String, String> connectorProps) {
+        return validateConnectorConfig(connectorProps, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ConfigInfos validateConnectorConfig(Map<String, String> connectorProps, boolean doLog) {
         if (worker.configTransformer() != null) {
             connectorProps = worker.configTransformer().transform(connectorProps);
         }
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@ public ConfigInfos validateConnectorConfig(Map<String, String> connectorProps) {
             configValues.addAll(config.configValues());
             ConfigInfos configInfos =  generateResult(connType, configKeys, configValues, new ArrayList<>(allGroups));
 
-            AbstractConfig connectorConfig = new AbstractConfig(new ConfigDef(), connectorProps);
+            AbstractConfig connectorConfig = new AbstractConfig(new ConfigDef(), connectorProps, doLog);
             String connName = connectorProps.get(ConnectorConfig.NAME_CONFIG);
             ConfigInfos producerConfigInfos = null;
             ConfigInfos consumerConfigInfos = null;
diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/Herder.java b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/Herder.java
index 6cb1a475b88f1..cbd7f3ff9f244 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/Herder.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/Herder.java
@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ public interface Herder {
      */
     ConfigInfos validateConnectorConfig(Map<String, String> connectorConfig);
 
+    /**
+     * Validate the provided connector config values against the configuration definition.
+     * @param connectorConfig the provided connector config values
+     * @param doLog if true log all the connector configurations at INFO level; if false, no connector configurations are logged.
+     *              Note that logging of configuration is not necessary in every endpoint that uses this method.
+     */
+    default ConfigInfos validateConnectorConfig(Map<String, String> connectorConfig, boolean doLog) {
+        return validateConnectorConfig(connectorConfig);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Restart the task with the given id.
      * @param id id of the task
diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResource.java b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResource.java
index 24eb93b8c0d5f..fe8e73e1312b3 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResource.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResource.java
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public ConfigInfos validateConfigs(
             );
         }
 
-        return herder.validateConnectorConfig(connectorConfig);
+        // the validated configs don't need to be logged
+        return herder.validateConnectorConfig(connectorConfig, false);
     }
 
     @GET
diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResourceTest.java b/connect/runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResourceTest.java
index 2882355eccbec..72ef29f6212d9 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResourceTest.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/rest/resources/ConnectorPluginsResourceTest.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ private void expectPlugins() {
 
     @Test
     public void testValidateConfigWithSingleErrorDueToMissingConnectorClassname() throws Throwable {
-        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(partialProps));
+        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(partialProps), EasyMock.anyBoolean());
 
         PowerMock.expectLastCall().andAnswer((IAnswer<ConfigInfos>) () -> {
             ConfigDef connectorConfigDef = ConnectorConfig.configDef();
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public void testValidateConfigWithSingleErrorDueToMissingConnectorClassname() th
 
     @Test
     public void testValidateConfigWithSimpleName() throws Throwable {
-        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props));
+        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props), EasyMock.anyBoolean());
 
         PowerMock.expectLastCall().andAnswer((IAnswer<ConfigInfos>) () -> {
             ConfigDef connectorConfigDef = ConnectorConfig.configDef();
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public void testValidateConfigWithSimpleName() throws Throwable {
 
     @Test
     public void testValidateConfigWithAlias() throws Throwable {
-        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props));
+        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props), EasyMock.anyBoolean());
 
         PowerMock.expectLastCall().andAnswer((IAnswer<ConfigInfos>) () -> {
             ConfigDef connectorConfigDef = ConnectorConfig.configDef();
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public void testValidateConfigWithAlias() throws Throwable {
 
     @Test(expected = BadRequestException.class)
     public void testValidateConfigWithNonExistentName() throws Throwable {
-        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props));
+        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props), EasyMock.anyBoolean());
 
         PowerMock.expectLastCall().andAnswer((IAnswer<ConfigInfos>) () -> {
             ConfigDef connectorConfigDef = ConnectorConfig.configDef();
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public void testValidateConfigWithNonExistentName() throws Throwable {
 
     @Test(expected = BadRequestException.class)
     public void testValidateConfigWithNonExistentAlias() throws Throwable {
-        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props));
+        herder.validateConnectorConfig(EasyMock.eq(props), EasyMock.anyBoolean());
 
         PowerMock.expectLastCall().andAnswer((IAnswer<ConfigInfos>) () -> {
             ConfigDef connectorConfigDef = ConnectorConfig.configDef();