diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb61d6f2..f6853c56 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
          <artifactId>qqq-backend-core</artifactId>
-         <version>0.0.0-20220628.161829-14</version>
+         <version>0.0.0-20220629.151616-15</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- 3rd party deps specifically for this module -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaData.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaData.java
index 4c5e73df..627c7557 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaData.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.module.rdbms.model.metadata;
 
 
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.QMetaDataVariableInterpreter;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QBackendMetaData;
-import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QSecretReader;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.module.rdbms.RDBMSBackendModule;
 
 
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ public class RDBMSBackendMetaData extends QBackendMetaData
    public void enrich()
    {
       super.enrich();
-      QSecretReader secretReader = new QSecretReader();
-      username = secretReader.readSecret(username);
-      password = secretReader.readSecret(password);
+      QMetaDataVariableInterpreter interpreter = new QMetaDataVariableInterpreter();
+      username = interpreter.interpret(username);
+      password = interpreter.interpret(password);
    }
 
 }