diff --git a/src/semantic_release/helpers.py b/src/semantic_release/helpers.py
index 5f6723ec4..d8487fda5 100644
--- a/src/semantic_release/helpers.py
+++ b/src/semantic_release/helpers.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
 from re import IGNORECASE, compile as regexp
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, NamedTuple, Sequence, TypeVar
-from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urlunsplit
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     from re import Pattern
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ class ParsedGitUrl(NamedTuple):
     repo_name: str
 
 
+def _hide_credentials_in_url(url: str) -> str:
+    url_parts = urlsplit(url)
+
+    if not url_parts.scheme or "@" not in url_parts.netloc:
+        return url
+
+    _, _, host = url_parts.netloc.rpartition("@")
+    return urlunsplit(url_parts._replace(netloc=f"<credentials>@{host}"))
+
+
 @lru_cache(maxsize=512)
 def parse_git_url(url: str) -> ParsedGitUrl:
     """
@@ -242,7 +252,7 @@ def parse_git_url(url: str) -> ParsedGitUrl:
 
     Raises ValueError if the url can't be parsed.
     """
-    log.debug("Parsing git url %r", url)
+    log.debug("Parsing git url %r", _hide_credentials_in_url(url))
 
     # Normalizers are a list of tuples of (pattern, replacement)
     normalizers = [
diff --git a/tests/unit/semantic_release/test_helpers.py b/tests/unit/semantic_release/test_helpers.py
index 4877d3892..5909d49fd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/semantic_release/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/semantic_release/test_helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Iterable
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -120,6 +121,34 @@ def test_parse_valid_git_urls(url: str, expected: ParsedGitUrl):
     assert expected == parse_git_url(url)
 
 
+def test_parse_git_url_does_not_log_credentials():
+    """Test that credentials in git urls are masked before logging."""
+    username = "x-oauth-basic"
+    secret = "ghp_secret_token"
+    url = f"https://{username}:{secret}@github.example.com/owner/project.git"
+
+    expected_parsed_url = ParsedGitUrl(
+        "https",
+        f"{username}:{secret}@github.example.com",
+        "owner",
+        "project",
+    )
+
+    parse_git_url.cache_clear()
+    with patch("semantic_release.helpers.log") as mock_log:
+        actual_parsed_url = parse_git_url(url)
+
+        assert expected_parsed_url == actual_parsed_url
+        assert mock_log.debug.called
+
+        for debug_call in mock_log.debug.call_args_list:
+            args = debug_call[0]
+            formatted_msg = args[0] % args[1:] if len(args) > 1 else str(args[0])
+            assert secret not in formatted_msg
+            assert username not in formatted_msg
+            assert "<credentials>@github.example.com" in formatted_msg
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "url",
     [