---
title: 'Updating Secrets'
description: 'Learn how to update secrets in NocoDB using the nc-secret-cli package.'
tags: ['Secrets', 'nc-secret-cli', 'Update', 'Security']
keywords: ['NocoDB secrets', 'nc-secret-cli', 'Update', 'Security']
---
## Updating Secrets
To update a secret in NocoDB, you can use the `nc-secret-cli` package. Follow the steps below to update a secret:
### Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
1. Install the `nc-secret-cli` package if you haven't already. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
```bash
npm install -g nc-secret-cli
```
2. Once the package is installed, you can update a secret by running the following command:
```bash
NC_DB="pg://host:port?u=user& p=password& d=database" nc-secret-cli update --prev < previous-secret > --new < new-secret >
```
OR
```bash
NC_DB="pg://host:port?u=user& p=password& d=database" nc-secret-cli < previous-secret > --new < new-secret
```
Replace `<prev-secret>` with the name of the secret you used previously, and `<new-secret>` with the new value of the secret.
3. After running the command, the secret will be updated in NocoDB.
### Using Executables
Alternatively, you can use the `nc-secret-cli` executable to update secrets.
1. Download the `nc-secret-cli` executable from the [NocoDB website ](https://github.com/nocodb/nc-secret-cli/releases/latest ).
2. Run the executable using the following command:
```bash
NC_DB="pg://host:port?u=user& p=password& d=database" ./nc-secret-macos-arm64 update --prev < previous-secret > --new < new-secret >
```
Replace `<prev-secret>` with the name of the secret you used previously, and `<new-secret>` with the new value of the secret.
3. After running the command, the secret will be updated in NocoDB.
Note: All environment variables are supported, including `NC_DB` , `NC_DB_JSON` , `NC_DB_JSON_FILE` , `DATABASE_URL` , and `DATABASE_URL_FILE` . You can use any of these variables to specify your database connection. Alternately you can use following equivalent parameters.
| Environment Variable | CLI Parameter |
| --------------------- | -------------- |
| `NC_DB` | `--nc-db` |
| `NC_DB_JSON` | `--nc-db-json` |
| `NC_DB_JSON_FILE` | `--nc-db-json-file` |
| `DATABASE_URL` | `--database-url` |
| `DATABASE_URL_FILE` | `--database-url-file` |
