diff --git a/frappe/email/smtp.py b/frappe/email/smtp.py
index 693001b520..3350106036 100644
--- a/frappe/email/smtp.py
+++ b/frappe/email/smtp.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class SMTPServer:
 		if self.email_account:
 			self.server = self.email_account.smtp_server
 			self.login = getattr(self.email_account, "login_id", None) or self.email_account.email_id
-			self.password = self.email_account.password
+			self.password = frappe.safe_encode(self.email_account.password)
 			self.port = self.email_account.smtp_port
 			self.use_tls = self.email_account.use_tls
 			self.sender = self.email_account.email_id