The workaround is to use a PropertiesFunction with Base64. public class CamelRouteWorkaround extends RouteBuilder { @Override public void configure() throws Exception { PropertiesComponent pc = (PropertiesComponent) getContext().getComponent( "properties" ); pc.addFunction( new PropertiesFunction() { @Override public String getName() { return "base64" ; } @Override public String apply( String encodedPassword) { return new String (Base64.getDecoder().decode(encodedPassword)); } }); String username = "agagliar" ; String password = "*d=c7q}10Iw;Pit*" ; String encrypt = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(password.getBytes()); from( "master:mymaster:imap: //fakeimap?" + "username=" + username + "&password={{base64:" + encrypt + "}}&delete= false " + "&unseen= true " + "&peek= true " + "&consumer.delay=2000" ) .routeId( "mail.username=" + username) .log( "Polling Emails" ) .log( "Uploading Attachments" ) .log( "Creating case on sfc" ) .log( "Case created" ); } }