diff --git a/integrations/sources/amazon-msk.mdx b/integrations/sources/amazon-msk.mdx
index 7b5d8d58..0a17460c 100644
--- a/integrations/sources/amazon-msk.mdx
+++ b/integrations/sources/amazon-msk.mdx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ WITH (
   connector = 'kafka', topic = '<topic-name>',
   properties.bootstrap.server = '<broker-url>',
   scan.startup.mode = 'earliest',
-  properties.sasl.mechanism = 'SCRAM-SHA-512',
+  properties.sasl.mechanism = 'AWS_MSK_IAM',
   properties.security.protocol = 'sasl_ssl',
   properties.sasl.username = '<your-username>',
   properties.sasl.password = '<your-password>'