diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yaml.old b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yaml.old
deleted file mode 100644
index 512f5846..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yaml.old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-name: Zowe SDK Release
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types:
-      - closed
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == true && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release-dev') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        ref: main
-        token: ${{ secrets.ZOWE_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: Set up Python 3.7
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.7
-    
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
-
-    - name: Increment dev version
-      id: update-version
-      shell: python
-      run: |
-        import sys
-        sys.path.append("src")
-        from _version import __version__
-        prerelease_tag = "dev"
-        tag_end_index = __version__.index(prerelease_tag) + len(prerelease_tag)
-        new_version = __version__[:tag_end_index] + str(int(__version__[tag_end_index:]) + 1)
-        with open("src/_version.py", 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
-          f.write("__version__ = \"" + new_version + "\"\n")
-        print("::set-output name=version::" + new_version)
-
-    - name: Build dist wheels
-      run: bash build.sh
-
-    - name: Create zip bundle
-      working-directory: dist
-      run: |
-        pip download -f . --no-binary=pyyaml zowe-${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl
-        zip zowe-python-sdk-${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }}.zip PyYAML*.tar.gz *.whl
-
-    - name: Commit version update
-      uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-      with:
-        branch: main
-        commit_message: 'Bump version to ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }} [ci skip]'
-        commit_options: '--signoff'
-        commit_user_name: ${{ secrets.ZOWE_ROBOT_USER }}
-        commit_user_email: ${{ secrets.ZOWE_ROBOT_EMAIL }}
-        file_pattern: 'src/_version.py'
-        tagging_message: v${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }}
-
-    - name: Create GitHub release
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-      with:
-        files: 'dist/zowe-python-sdk-${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }}.zip'
-        tag_name: v${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk-build.yml b/.github/workflows/sdk-build.yml
index 8077ae66..b90cf85f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk-build.yml
@@ -13,41 +13,41 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      run: |
-        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-        flake8 ./src --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 ./src --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-    - name: Test with pytest
-      run: |
-        coverage run -m pytest ./tests/unit
-    - name: Generate a coverage xml file
-      run: |
-        coverage xml
-    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.11' }}
-      with:
-        directory: ./
-        env_vars: OS,PYTHON
-        fail_ci_if_error: true
-        files: ./coverage.xml
-        flags: unittests
-        name: codecov-umbrella
-        verbose: true
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: Lint with flake8
+        run: |
+          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+          flake8 ./src --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+          # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+          flake8 ./src --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+          coverage run -m pytest ./tests/unit
+      - name: Generate a coverage xml file
+        run: |
+          coverage xml
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.12' }}
+        with:
+          directory: ./
+          env_vars: OS,PYTHON
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+          files: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: unittests
+          name: codecov-umbrella
+          verbose: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/sdk-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a5fd88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+name: Zowe SDK Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Update project version before publish
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      dry-run:
+        description: Dry run mode
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip twine
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+
+      - name: Update version
+        id: update-version
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          import os, sys
+          sys.path.append("src")
+          from _version import __version__
+          new_version = "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          if new_version:
+            with open("src/_version.py", 'w') as f:
+              f.write("__version__ = \"" + new_version + "\"\n")
+          else:
+            new_version = __version__
+          with open(os.environ["GITHUB_OUTPUT"], 'a') as f:
+            print("version=" + ("-".join(new_version.rsplit(".", 1)) if new_version.count(".") > 2 else new_version), file=f)
+
+      - name: Update version (cargo)
+        run: cargo install cargo-edit && cargo set-version ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }}
+        working-directory: src/secrets
+
+      - name: Update version (git)
+        run: git add src/_version.py src/secrets/Cargo.*
+
+      - name: Build wheels
+        run: bash build.sh
+
+      - name: Upload wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: dist/
+
+      - uses: zowe-actions/octorelease@v1
+        env:
+          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: ${{ secrets.ZOWE_ROBOT_USER }}
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.ZOWE_ROBOT_EMAIL }}
+          GIT_CREDENTIALS: x-access-token:${{ secrets.ZOWE_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
+          new-version: ${{ steps.update-version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secrets-sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/secrets-sdk.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e454834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/secrets-sdk.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# This file is autogenerated by maturin v1.3.1
+# To update, run
+#
+#    maturin generate-ci github
+#
+name: Secrets SDK CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["**"]
+    paths:
+      - "src/secrets/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/secrets-sdk.yml"
+    tags: ["**"]
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "src/secrets/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        target: [x86_64, x86, aarch64, armv7, s390x]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        run: src/secrets/scripts/configure-cross.sh ${{ matrix.target }}
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        with:
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          args: --release --out dist
+          sccache: "true"
+          manylinux: auto
+          docker-options: -e PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR -e PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+          working-directory: src/secrets
+          before-script-linux: |
+            if command -v yum &> /dev/null; then
+              yum update -y && yum install -y libsecret-devel.${{ env.CROSS_DEB_ARCH }} pkgconfig
+            else
+              dpkg --add-architecture ${{ env.CROSS_DEB_ARCH }}
+              sed -i "s/deb /deb [arch=amd64] /g" /etc/apt/sources.list
+              echo "deb [arch=${{ env.CROSS_DEB_ARCH }}] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ jammy main universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+              echo "deb [arch=${{ env.CROSS_DEB_ARCH }}] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ jammy-updates main universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+              apt-get update && apt-get install -y libsecret-1-dev:${{ env.CROSS_DEB_ARCH }} pkg-config
+            fi
+      - name: Upload wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: src/secrets/dist
+
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        target: [x64, x86, aarch64]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        if: ${{ matrix.target != 'aarch64' }}
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+          architecture: ${{ matrix.target }}
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        with:
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          args: --release --out dist
+          sccache: "true"
+          working-directory: src/secrets
+      - name: Upload wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: src/secrets/dist
+
+  macos:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        target: [x86_64, aarch64]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        with:
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          args: --release --out dist
+          sccache: "true"
+          working-directory: src/secrets
+      - name: Upload wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: src/secrets/dist
+
+  sdist:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Build sdist
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        with:
+          command: sdist
+          args: --out dist
+          working-directory: src/secrets
+      - name: Upload sdist
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: src/secrets/dist
+
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+    needs: [linux, windows, macos, sdist]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        env:
+          MATURIN_PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          command: upload
+          args: --non-interactive --skip-existing *
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index a0091b4c..ae74d707 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-  "python.formatting.provider": "black",
-  "[python]": {
-    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-      "source.organizeImports": true
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+    "python.formatting.provider": "black",
+    "rust-analyzer.linkedProjects": ["./src/secrets/Cargo.toml"],
+    "[python]": {
+        "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+            "source.organizeImports": true
+        }
     }
   },
   "python.testing.pytestArgs": ["tests"],
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bae3ed1b..ee3c174a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,14 +2,19 @@
 
 All notable changes to the Zowe Client Python SDK will be documented in this file.
 
-## Recent Changes
-
-- Bug: Fixed profile merge order to match Node.js SDK 
-- Feature: Added method to load profile properties from environment variables
-- Bugfix: Fixed exception handling in session.py [#213] (https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/213)
-- Feature: Added a CredentialManager class to securely retrieve values from credentials and manage multiple credential entries on Windows [#134](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/134)
-- Feature: Added method to Save profile properties to zowe.config.json file [#73](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/73)
-- Feature: Added method to Save secure profile properties to vault [#72](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/72)
-- Bugfix: Fixed issue for datasets and jobs with special characters in URL [#211] (https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/211)
-- Feature: Added method to load profile properties from environment variables
-- BugFix: Validation of zowe.config.json file matching the schema [#192](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/192)
+## `1.0.0-dev11`
+
+### Enhancements
+
+- Added method to save secure profile properties to vault [#72](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/72)
+- Added method to save profile properties to zowe.config.json file [#73](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/73)
+- Added CredentialManager class to securely retrieve values from credentials and manage multiple credential entries on Windows [#134](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/134)
+- Added method to load profile properties from environment variables [#136](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/136)
+- Added validation of zowe.config.json file matching the schema [#192](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/192)
+- Added Secrets SDK for storing client secrets in OS keyring [#208](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/208)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fixed profile merge order to match Node.js SDK [#190](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/190)
+- Fixed issue for datasets and jobs with special characters in URL [#211](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/211)
+- Fixed exception handling in session.py [#213](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/213)
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 96f30abe..5601d12c 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.5.1
-sphinxcontrib-spelling==5.4.0
+sphinxcontrib-spelling==8.0.0
 -e ./src/core
 -e ./src/zos_console
 -e ./src/zos_files
diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33027773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module.exports = {
+    branches: [
+        {
+            name: "main",
+            level: "minor"
+        },
+        {
+            name: "zowe-v?-lts",
+            level: "patch"
+        }
+        // {
+        //     name: "next",
+        //     prerelease: true
+        // }
+    ],
+    plugins: [
+        "@octorelease/changelog",
+        "@octorelease/pypi",
+        "@octorelease/github",
+        "@octorelease/git"
+    ]
+};
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c685de39..a5a442e4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ colorama==0.4.4
 commentjson==0.9.0
 coverage==5.4
 deepmerge==1.1.0
-flake8==3.8.4
+flake8==5.0.0
 idna==2.10
-importlib-metadata==3.6.0
+importlib-metadata==3.6.0;python_version<"3.8"
 isort
 jsonschema==4.17.3
-keyring
 lxml==4.9.3
-mccabe==0.6.1
+maturin
+mccabe==0.7.0
 nose2==0.10.0
-pycodestyle==2.6.0
+pycodestyle==2.9.0
 pydocstyle==5.1.1
 pyfakefs
-pyflakes==2.2.0
+pyflakes==2.5.0
 pylama==7.7.1
 pytest==7.1.2
 python-decouple==3.4
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Unidecode==1.2.0
 urllib3==1.26.18
 wheel
 zipp==3.4.0
--e ./src/core
+-e ./src/core[secrets]
+-e ./src/secrets
 -e ./src/zos_console
 -e ./src/zos_files
 -e ./src/zos_jobs
diff --git a/src/_version.py b/src/_version.py
index a327e8c8..e5affdee 100644
--- a/src/_version.py
+++ b/src/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.0.dev10"
+__version__ = "1.0.0.dev11"
diff --git a/src/core/setup.py b/src/core/setup.py
index aed4a73a..5919f70f 100644
--- a/src/core/setup.py
+++ b/src/core/setup.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 from setuptools import find_namespace_packages, setup
 
-sys.path.append("..")
+sys.path.insert(0, "..")
 from _version import __version__
+from setup import resolve_sdk_dep
 
 setup(
     name="zowe_core_for_zowe_sdk",
@@ -18,6 +19,16 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Eclipse Public License 2.0 (EPL-2.0)",
     ],
-    install_requires=["requests", "urllib3", "pyyaml", "commentjson"],
+    install_requires=[
+        "commentjson",
+        "deepmerge",
+        "jsonschema",
+        "pyyaml",
+        "requests",
+        "urllib3",
+    ],
+    extras_require={
+        "secrets": [resolve_sdk_dep("secrets", "~=" + __version__)]
+    },
     packages=find_namespace_packages(include=["zowe.*"]),
 )
diff --git a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/credential_manager.py b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/credential_manager.py
index 7e46137d..3459619c 100644
--- a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/credential_manager.py
+++ b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/credential_manager.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
 """
 import base64
-import logging
 import sys
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -21,8 +20,7 @@
 
 HAS_KEYRING = True
 try:
-    import keyring
-
+    from zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk import keyring
 except ImportError:
     HAS_KEYRING = False
 
@@ -45,8 +43,7 @@ def load_secure_props() -> None:
             return
 
         try:
-            service_name = constants["ZoweServiceName"]
-            secret_value = CredentialManager._retrieve_credential(service_name)
+            secret_value = CredentialManager._get_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"])
             # Handle the case when secret_value is None
             if secret_value is None:
                 return
@@ -61,7 +58,27 @@ def load_secure_props() -> None:
         CredentialManager.secure_props = secure_config_json
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _retrieve_credential(service_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    def save_secure_props() -> None:
+        """
+        Set secure_props for the given config file
+        Returns
+        -------
+        None
+        """
+        if not HAS_KEYRING:
+            return
+
+        credential = CredentialManager.secure_props
+        # Check if credential is a non-empty string
+        if credential:
+            encoded_credential = base64.b64encode(commentjson.dumps(credential).encode()).decode()
+            if sys.platform == "win32":
+                # Delete the existing credential
+                CredentialManager._delete_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"])
+            CredentialManager._set_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"], encoded_credential)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_credential(service_name: str, account_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
         """
         Retrieve the credential from the keyring or storage.
         If the credential exceeds the maximum length, retrieve it in parts.
@@ -74,30 +91,18 @@ def _retrieve_credential(service_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
         str
             The retrieved  encoded credential
         """
-        # Configure the logger to ignore warning messages
-        logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-        is_win32 = sys.platform == "win32"
-        if is_win32:
-            service_name += "/" + constants["ZoweAccountName"]
-        encoded_credential = keyring.get_password(service_name, constants["ZoweAccountName"])
-        if encoded_credential is None and is_win32:
+        encoded_credential = keyring.get_password(service_name, account_name)
+        if encoded_credential is None and sys.platform == "win32":
             # Retrieve the secure value with an index
             index = 1
-            temp_value = keyring.get_password(f"{service_name}-{index}", f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-{index}")
+            temp_value = keyring.get_password(service_name, f"{account_name}-{index}")
             while temp_value is not None:
                 if encoded_credential is None:
                     encoded_credential = temp_value
                 else:
                     encoded_credential += temp_value
                 index += 1
-                temp_value = keyring.get_password(f"{service_name}-{index}", f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-{index}")
-
-        if is_win32:
-            try:
-                encoded_credential = encoded_credential.encode("utf-16le").decode()
-            except (UnicodeDecodeError, AttributeError):
-                # The credential is not encoded in UTF-16
-                pass
+                temp_value = keyring.get_password(service_name, f"{account_name}-{index}")
 
             if encoded_credential is not None and encoded_credential.endswith("\0"):
                 encoded_credential = encoded_credential[:-1]
@@ -105,7 +110,24 @@ def _retrieve_credential(service_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
         return encoded_credential
 
     @staticmethod
-    def delete_credential(service_name: str, account_name: str) -> None:
+    def _set_credential(service_name: str, account_name: str, encoded_credential: str) -> None:
+        # Check if the encoded credential exceeds the maximum length for win32
+        if sys.platform == "win32" and len(encoded_credential) > constants["WIN32_CRED_MAX_STRING_LENGTH"]:
+            # Split the encoded credential string into chunks of maximum length
+            chunk_size = constants["WIN32_CRED_MAX_STRING_LENGTH"]
+            encoded_credential += "\0"
+            chunks = [encoded_credential[i : i + chunk_size] for i in range(0, len(encoded_credential), chunk_size)]
+            # Set the individual chunks as separate keyring entries
+            for index, chunk in enumerate(chunks, start=1):
+                field_name = f"{account_name}-{index}"
+                keyring.set_password(service_name, field_name, chunk)
+
+        else:
+            # Credential length is within the maximum limit or not on win32, set it as a single keyring entry
+            keyring.set_password(service_name, account_name, encoded_credential)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _delete_credential(service_name: str, account_name: str) -> None:
         """
         Delete the credential from the keyring or storage.
         If the keyring.delete_password function is not available, iterate through and delete credentials.
@@ -120,57 +142,13 @@ def delete_credential(service_name: str, account_name: str) -> None:
         None
         """
 
-        try:
-            keyring.delete_password(service_name, account_name)
-        except keyring.errors.PasswordDeleteError:
-            pass
+        keyring.delete_password(service_name, account_name)
 
         # Handling multiple credentials stored when the operating system is Windows
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             index = 1
             while True:
                 field_name = f"{account_name}-{index}"
-                service_name = f"{service_name}-{index}"
-                try:
-                    keyring.delete_password(service_name, field_name)
-                except keyring.errors.PasswordDeleteError:
+                if not keyring.delete_password(service_name, field_name):
                     break
                 index += 1
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def save_secure_props() -> None:
-        """
-        Set secure_props for the given config file
-        Returns
-        -------
-        None
-        """
-        if not HAS_KEYRING:
-            return
-
-        service_name = constants["ZoweServiceName"]
-        credential = CredentialManager.secure_props
-        # Check if credential is a non-empty string
-        if credential:
-            is_win32 = sys.platform == "win32"
-
-            encoded_credential = base64.b64encode(commentjson.dumps(credential).encode()).decode()
-            if is_win32:
-                service_name += "/" + constants["ZoweAccountName"]
-                # Delete the existing credential
-                CredentialManager.delete_credential(service_name, constants["ZoweAccountName"])
-            # Check if the encoded credential exceeds the maximum length for win32
-            if is_win32 and len(encoded_credential) > constants["WIN32_CRED_MAX_STRING_LENGTH"]:
-                # Split the encoded credential string into chunks of maximum length
-                chunk_size = constants["WIN32_CRED_MAX_STRING_LENGTH"]
-                encoded_credential += "\0"
-                chunks = [encoded_credential[i : i + chunk_size] for i in range(0, len(encoded_credential), chunk_size)]
-                # Set the individual chunks as separate keyring entries
-                for index, chunk in enumerate(chunks, start=1):
-                    password = (chunk + "\0" * (len(chunk) % 2)).encode().decode("utf-16le")
-                    field_name = f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-{index}"
-                    keyring.set_password(f"{service_name}-{index}", field_name, password)
-
-            else:
-                # Credential length is within the maximum limit or not on win32, set it as a single keyring entry
-                keyring.set_password(service_name, constants["ZoweAccountName"], encoded_credential)
diff --git a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/zosmf_profile.py b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/zosmf_profile.py
index 5bfea1b8..5ab3ea41 100644
--- a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/zosmf_profile.py
+++ b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/zosmf_profile.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 HAS_KEYRING = True
 try:
-    import keyring
+    from zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk import keyring
 except ImportError:
     HAS_KEYRING = False
 
@@ -94,18 +94,12 @@ def __get_secure_value(self, name):
         service_name = constants["ZoweCredentialKey"]
         account_name = "zosmf_{}_{}".format(self.profile_name, name)
 
-        if sys.platform == "win32":
-            service_name += "/" + account_name
-
         secret_value = keyring.get_password(service_name, account_name)
 
         # Handle the case when secret_value is None
         if secret_value is None:
             secret_value = ""
 
-        if sys.platform == "win32":
-            secret_value = secret_value.encode("utf-16")
-
         secret_value = base64.b64decode(secret_value).decode().strip('"')
 
         return secret_value
@@ -122,38 +116,3 @@ def __load_secure_credentials(self):
             raise SecureProfileLoadFailed(self.profile_name, e)
         else:
             return (zosmf_user, zosmf_password)
-
-
-if HAS_KEYRING and sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
-    from contextlib import closing
-
-    from keyring.backends import SecretService
-
-    class KeyringBackend(SecretService.Keyring):
-        """
-        Class used to handle secured profiles.
-
-        Methods
-        -------
-        get_password(service, username)
-            Get the decoded password
-        """
-
-        def __get_password(self, service, username, collection):
-            items = collection.search_items({"account": username, "service": service})
-            for item in items:
-                if hasattr(item, "unlock"):
-                    if item.is_locked() and item.unlock()[0]:
-                        raise keyring.errors.InitError("failed to unlock item")
-                return item.get_secret().decode("utf-8")
-
-        def get_password(self, service, username):
-            """Get password of the username for the service."""
-            collection = self.get_preferred_collection()
-            if hasattr(collection, "connection"):
-                with closing(collection.connection):
-                    return self.__get_password(service, username, collection)
-            else:
-                return self.__get_password(service, username, collection)
-
-    keyring.set_keyring(KeyringBackend())
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new file mode 100644
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+include/
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+venv/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
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+
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+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+pip-selfcheck.json
+
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+.tox/
+.coverage
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+
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+
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+.project
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+
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+
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+
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+
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diff --git a/src/secrets/Cargo.toml b/src/secrets/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37a9fdea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/secrets/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "keyring"
+version = "1.0.0-dev11"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+[lib]
+name = "keyring"
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+pyo3 = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["abi3-py37"] }
+secrets_core = { git = "https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli.git", branch = "master" }
diff --git a/src/secrets/pyproject.toml b/src/secrets/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..131125da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/secrets/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.3,<2.0"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[project]
+name = "zowe_secrets_for_zowe_sdk"
+description = "Zowe Python SDK - Client Secrets package"
+license = "EPL-2.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Rust",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.maturin]
+features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
+module-name = "zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring"
diff --git a/src/secrets/scripts/configure-cross.sh b/src/secrets/scripts/configure-cross.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..78caf762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/secrets/scripts/configure-cross.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set environment variables needed for cross-compilation in GITHUB_ENV
+set_env() {
+    echo "CROSS_DEB_ARCH=$1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    echo "PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    echo "RUSTFLAGS=-L $2 $RUSTFLAGS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    echo "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$2/pkgconfig" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    "aarch64")
+        set_env arm64 "/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu"
+        ;;
+    "armv7")
+        set_env armhf "/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+        ;;
+    "ppc64le")
+        set_env ppc64el "/usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
+        ;;
+    "s390x")
+        set_env s390x "/usr/lib/s390x-linux-gnu"
+        ;;
+    "x86")
+        set_env i686 "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu"
+        ;;
+    "x86_64")
+        set_env x86_64 "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/src/secrets/src/lib.rs b/src/secrets/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa012451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/secrets/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+
+extern crate secrets_core;
+use secrets_core::*;
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn set_password(service: String, account: String, password: String) -> PyResult<()> {
+    match os::set_password(&service, &account, &password) {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+        Err(e) => Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!("{:#?}", e))),
+    }
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn get_password(service: String, account: String) -> PyResult<Option<String>> {
+    match os::get_password(&service, &account) {
+        Ok(pw) => Ok(pw),
+        Err(e) => Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!("{:#?}", e))),
+    }
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn delete_password(service: String, account: String) -> PyResult<bool> {
+    match os::delete_password(&service, &account) {
+        Ok(res) => Ok(res),
+        Err(e) => Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!("{:#?}", e))),
+    }
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn find_password(service: String) -> PyResult<Option<String>> {
+    match os::find_password(&service) {
+        Ok(res) => Ok(res),
+        Err(e) => Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!("{:#?}", e))),
+    }
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn find_credentials(service: String) -> PyResult<Vec<(String, String)>> {
+    let mut creds: Vec<(String, String)> = vec![];
+    match os::find_credentials(&service, &mut creds) {
+        Ok(res) => Ok(creds),
+        Err(e) => Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!("{:#?}", e))),
+    }
+}
+
+/// A Python module implemented in Rust.
+#[pymodule]
+fn keyring(_py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(get_password, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(set_password, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(delete_password, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(find_password, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(find_credentials, m)?)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/secrets/zowe/secrets_for_zowe_sdk/__init__.py b/src/secrets/zowe/secrets_for_zowe_sdk/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f80fb08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/secrets/zowe/secrets_for_zowe_sdk/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"""
+Zowe Python SDK - Client Secrets package
+"""
+
+from . import keyring
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_zowe_core.py b/tests/unit/test_zowe_core.py
index 32a373ad..23445756 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_zowe_core.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_zowe_core.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import commentjson
-import keyring
 from jsonschema import SchemaError, ValidationError, validate
 from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import TestCase
 from zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk import (
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
     session_constants,
 )
 from zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.validators import validate_config_json
+from zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk import keyring
 
 FIXTURES_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "fixtures")
 CWD = os.getcwd()
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def setUpCreds(self, file_path, secure_props):
         global SECURE_CONFIG_PROPS
         SECURE_CONFIG_PROPS = base64.b64encode((json.dumps(CRED_DICT)).encode()).decode()
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_autodiscovery_and_base_profile_loading(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test loading of correct file by autodiscovering from current working directory
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def test_autodiscovery_and_base_profile_loading(self, get_pass_func):
         }
         self.assertEqual(props, expected_props)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_custom_file_and_custom_profile_loading(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test loading of correct file given a filename and directory,
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def test_custom_file_and_custom_profile_loading(self, get_pass_func):
         }
         self.assertEqual(props, expected_props)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_custom_file_and_custom_profile_loading_with_nested_profile(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test loading of correct file given a filename and directory,
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def test_custom_file_and_custom_profile_loading_with_nested_profile(self, get_pa
         expected_props = {"host": "example1.com", "rejectUnauthorized": True, "port": 443}
         self.assertEqual(props, expected_props)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_profile_loading_with_user_overridden_properties(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test overriding of properties from user config,
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def test_profile_loading_with_user_overridden_properties(self, get_pass_func):
         }
         self.assertEqual(props, expected_props)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_profile_loading_exception(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test correct exceptions are being thrown when a profile is
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def test_profile_loading_exception(self, get_pass_func):
             config_file = ConfigFile(name=self.custom_appname, type="team_config")
             props: dict = config_file.get_profile(profile_name="non_existent_profile", validate_schema=False)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password_exception)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password_exception)
     def test_secure_props_loading_warning(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test correct warnings are being thrown when secure properties
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def test_secure_props_loading_warning(self, get_pass_func):
             prof_manager.config_dir = self.custom_dir
             props: dict = prof_manager.load("base", validate_schema=False)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_profile_not_found_warning(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test correct warnings are being thrown when profile is not found
@@ -404,12 +404,13 @@ def test_profile_not_found_warning(self, get_pass_func):
             props: dict = prof_manager.load("non_existent_profile", validate_schema=False)
 
     @mock.patch("sys.platform", "win32")
-    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._retrieve_credential")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._get_credential")
     def test_load_secure_props(self, retrieve_cred_func):
         """
         Test loading secure_props from keyring or storage.
         """
         service_name = constants["ZoweServiceName"]
+        account_name = constants["ZoweAccountName"]
         # Setup - copy profile to fake filesystem created by pyfakefs
         cwd_up_dir_path = os.path.dirname(CWD)
         cwd_up_file_path = os.path.join(cwd_up_dir_path, "zowe.config.json")
@@ -419,20 +420,19 @@ def test_load_secure_props(self, retrieve_cred_func):
             cwd_up_file_path: {"profiles.base.properties.user": "user", "profiles.base.properties.password": "password"}
         }
         self.setUpCreds(cwd_up_file_path, credential)
-        base64_encoded_credential = base64.b64encode(commentjson.dumps(credential).encode()).decode()
-        encoded_credential = base64_encoded_credential.encode("utf-16le").decode()
+        encoded_credential = base64.b64encode(commentjson.dumps(credential).encode()).decode()
         retrieve_cred_func.return_value = encoded_credential
 
         # call the load_secure_props method
         credential_manager = CredentialManager()
         credential_manager.load_secure_props()
-        retrieve_cred_func.assert_called_once_with(service_name)
+        retrieve_cred_func.assert_called_once_with(service_name, account_name)
         # Verify the secure_props
         expected_secure_props = credential
         self.assertEqual(credential_manager.secure_props, expected_secure_props)
 
     @mock.patch("sys.platform", "win32")
-    @mock.patch("keyring.delete_password")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.delete_password")
     def test_delete_credential(self, delete_pass_func):
         """
         Test the delete_credential method for deleting credentials from keyring.
@@ -441,9 +441,9 @@ def test_delete_credential(self, delete_pass_func):
         def side_effect(*args, **kwargs):
             if side_effect.counter < 2:
                 side_effect.counter += 1
-                raise keyring.errors.PasswordDeleteError
+                return False
             else:
-                return None
+                return True
 
         side_effect.counter = 0
 
@@ -453,60 +453,54 @@ def side_effect(*args, **kwargs):
         service_name = constants["ZoweServiceName"]
         account_name = constants["ZoweAccountName"]
         # Delete the credential
-        credential_manager.delete_credential(service_name, account_name)
+        credential_manager._delete_credential(service_name, account_name)
         expected_calls = [
             mock.call(service_name, account_name),
-            mock.call(f"{service_name}-1", f"{account_name}-1"),
+            mock.call(service_name, f"{account_name}-1"),
         ]
         delete_pass_func.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)
 
     @mock.patch("sys.platform", "win32")
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=["password", None, "part1", "part2\0", None])
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=["password", None, "part1", "part2\0", None])
     def test_retrieve_credential(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test the _retrieve_credential method for retrieving credentials from keyring.
         """
         credential_manager = CredentialManager()
-        service_name = f"{constants['ZoweServiceName']}/{constants['ZoweAccountName']}"
 
         # Scenario 1: Retrieve password directly
-        expected_password1 = "password".encode("utf-16le").decode()
-        expected_password1 = expected_password1[:-1]
-        retrieve_credential1 = credential_manager._retrieve_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"])
+        expected_password1 = "password"
+        retrieve_credential1 = credential_manager._get_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"])
         self.assertEqual(retrieve_credential1, expected_password1)
-        get_pass_func.assert_called_with(service_name, constants["ZoweAccountName"])
+        get_pass_func.assert_called_with(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"])
 
         # Scenario 2: Retrieve password in parts
-        expected_password2 = "part1part2".encode("utf-16le").decode()
-        retrieve_credential2 = credential_manager._retrieve_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"])
-        retrieve_credential2 = retrieve_credential2[:-1]
+        expected_password2 = "part1part2"
+        retrieve_credential2 = credential_manager._get_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"])
         self.assertEqual(retrieve_credential2, expected_password2)
-        get_pass_func.assert_any_call(service_name, constants["ZoweAccountName"])
-        get_pass_func.assert_any_call(f"{service_name}-1", f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-1")
-        get_pass_func.assert_any_call(f"{service_name}-2", f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-2")
+        get_pass_func.assert_any_call(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"])
+        get_pass_func.assert_any_call(constants["ZoweServiceName"], f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-1")
+        get_pass_func.assert_any_call(constants["ZoweServiceName"], f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-2")
 
     @mock.patch("sys.platform", "win32")
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=[None, None])
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=[None, None])
     def test_retrieve_credential_encoding_errors(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test the _retrieve_credential method for handling encoding errors and None values.
         """
-        service_name = f"{constants['ZoweServiceName']}/{constants['ZoweAccountName']}"
-        result = CredentialManager._retrieve_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"])
+        result = CredentialManager._get_credential(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"])
         self.assertIsNone(result)
-        get_pass_func.assert_called_with(f"{service_name}-1", f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-1")
+        get_pass_func.assert_called_with(constants["ZoweServiceName"], f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-1")
 
     @mock.patch("sys.platform", "win32")
-    @mock.patch("keyring.set_password")
-    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._retrieve_credential")
-    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager.delete_credential")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._set_credential")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._get_credential")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._delete_credential")
     def test_save_secure_props_normal_credential(self, delete_pass_func, retrieve_cred_func, set_pass_func):
         """
         Test the save_secure_props method for saving credentials to keyring.
         """
 
-        # Set up mock values and expected results
-        service_name = constants["ZoweServiceName"] + "/" + constants["ZoweAccountName"]
         # Setup - copy profile to fake filesystem created by pyfakefs
         cwd_up_dir_path = os.path.dirname(CWD)
         cwd_up_file_path = os.path.join(cwd_up_dir_path, "zowe.config.json")
@@ -527,15 +521,13 @@ def test_save_secure_props_normal_credential(self, delete_pass_func, retrieve_cr
         # delete the existing credential
         delete_pass_func.return_value = None
         # Verify the keyring function call
-        set_pass_func.assert_called_once_with(service_name, constants["ZoweAccountName"], encoded_credential)
+        set_pass_func.assert_called_once_with(constants["ZoweServiceName"], constants["ZoweAccountName"], encoded_credential)
 
     @mock.patch("sys.platform", "win32")
-    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._retrieve_credential")
-    @mock.patch("keyring.set_password")
-    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager.delete_credential")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._get_credential")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.set_password")
+    @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.CredentialManager._delete_credential")
     def test_save_secure_props_exceed_limit(self, delete_pass_func, set_pass_func, retrieve_cred_func):
-        # Set up mock values and expected results
-        service_name = constants["ZoweServiceName"] + "/" + constants["ZoweAccountName"]
         # Setup - copy profile to fake filesystem created by pyfakefs
         cwd_up_dir_path = os.path.dirname(CWD)
         cwd_up_file_path = os.path.join(cwd_up_dir_path, "zowe.config.json")
@@ -548,9 +540,8 @@ def test_save_secure_props_exceed_limit(self, delete_pass_func, set_pass_func, r
             }
         }
         self.setUpCreds(cwd_up_file_path, credential)
-        base64_encoded_credential = base64.b64encode(commentjson.dumps(credential).encode()).decode()
-        base64_encoded_credential += "\0"
-        encoded_credential = base64_encoded_credential.encode("utf-16le").decode()
+        encoded_credential = base64.b64encode(commentjson.dumps(credential).encode()).decode()
+        encoded_credential += "\0"
         retrieve_cred_func.return_value = encoded_credential
 
         CredentialManager.secure_props = credential
@@ -562,16 +553,14 @@ def test_save_secure_props_exceed_limit(self, delete_pass_func, set_pass_func, r
         expected_calls = []
         chunk_size = constants["WIN32_CRED_MAX_STRING_LENGTH"]
         chunks = [
-            base64_encoded_credential[i : i + chunk_size] for i in range(0, len(base64_encoded_credential), chunk_size)
+            encoded_credential[i : i + chunk_size] for i in range(0, len(encoded_credential), chunk_size)
         ]
         for index, chunk in enumerate(chunks, start=1):
             field_name = f"{constants['ZoweAccountName']}-{index}"
-            service_names = f"{service_name}-{index}"
-            password = (chunk + "\0" * (len(chunk) % 2)).encode().decode("utf-16le")
-            expected_calls.append(mock.call(service_names, field_name, password))
+            expected_calls.append(mock.call(constants["ZoweServiceName"], field_name, chunk))
         set_pass_func.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_profile_loading_with_valid_schema(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test Validation, no error should be raised for valid schema
@@ -595,7 +584,7 @@ def test_profile_loading_with_valid_schema(self, get_pass_func):
         prof_manager.config_dir = self.custom_dir
         props: dict = prof_manager.load(profile_name="zosmf")
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_profile_loading_with_invalid_schema(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test Validation, no error should be raised for valid schema
@@ -627,7 +616,7 @@ def test_profile_loading_with_invalid_schema(self, get_pass_func):
             prof_manager.config_dir = self.custom_dir
             props: dict = prof_manager.load(profile_name="zosmf", validate_schema=True)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_profile_loading_with_invalid_schema_internet_URI(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test Validation, no error should be raised for valid schema
@@ -660,7 +649,7 @@ def test_profile_loading_with_invalid_schema_internet_URI(self, get_pass_func):
             prof_manager.config_dir = self.custom_dir
             props: dict = prof_manager.load(profile_name="zosmf", validate_schema=True)
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_profile_loading_with_env_variables(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test loading of correct file given a filename and directory,
@@ -794,7 +783,7 @@ def test_is_secure(self, mock_find_profile):
     @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.ConfigFile.get_profile_name_from_path")
     @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.ConfigFile.find_profile")
     @mock.patch("zowe.core_for_zowe_sdk.ConfigFile._ConfigFile__is_secure")
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_config_file_set_property(self, get_pass_func, mock_is_secure, mock_find_profile, mock_get_profile_name):
         """
         Test that set_property calls the __is_secure, find_profile and get_profile_name_from_path methods.
@@ -834,7 +823,7 @@ def test_get_profile_path_from_name(self):
         profile_path_1 = config_file.get_profile_path_from_name("lpar1.zosmf")
         self.assertEqual(profile_path_1, "profiles.lpar1.profiles.zosmf")
 
-    @mock.patch("keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
+    @mock.patch("zowe.secrets_for_zowe_sdk.keyring.get_password", side_effect=keyring_get_password)
     def test_config_file_set_profile_and_save(self, get_pass_func):
         """
         Test the set_profile method.