diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/auth/oauth.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/auth/oauth.py
index 15b5cfbce..a6320a28f 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/auth/oauth.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/auth/oauth.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
 #
 
+import logging
 from dataclasses import InitVar, dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from typing import Any, List, Mapping, MutableMapping, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.auth.declarative_authenticator import DeclarativeAuthenticator
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.interpolation.interpolated_boolean import InterpolatedBoolean
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@
 )
 from airbyte_cdk.utils.datetime_helpers import AirbyteDateTime, ab_datetime_now, ab_datetime_parse
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("airbyte")
+
 
 @dataclass
 class DeclarativeOauth2Authenticator(AbstractOauth2Authenticator, DeclarativeAuthenticator):
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ class DeclarativeOauth2Authenticator(AbstractOauth2Authenticator, DeclarativeAut
     Attributes:
         token_refresh_endpoint (Union[InterpolatedString, str]): The endpoint to refresh the access token
         client_id (Union[InterpolatedString, str]): The client id
-        client_secret (Union[InterpolatedString, str]): Client secret
+        client_secret (Union[InterpolatedString, str]): Client secret (can be empty for APIs that support this)
         refresh_token (Union[InterpolatedString, str]): The token used to refresh the access token
         access_token_name (Union[InterpolatedString, str]): THe field to extract access token from in the response
         expires_in_name (Union[InterpolatedString, str]): The field to extract expires_in from in the response
@@ -201,8 +204,11 @@ def get_client_secret(self) -> str:
             self._client_secret.eval(self.config) if self._client_secret else self._client_secret
         )
         if not client_secret:
-            raise ValueError("OAuthAuthenticator was unable to evaluate client_secret parameter")
-        return client_secret  # type: ignore # value will be returned as a string, or an error will be raised
+            # We've seen some APIs allowing empty client_secret so we will only log here
+            logger.warning(
+                "OAuthAuthenticator was unable to evaluate client_secret parameter hence it'll be empty"
+            )
+        return client_secret  # type: ignore # value will be returned as a string, which might be empty
 
     def get_refresh_token_name(self) -> str:
         return self._refresh_token_name.eval(self.config)  # type: ignore # eval returns a string in this context
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/auth/test_oauth.py b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/auth/test_oauth.py
index 077aa4573..bc616e5d2 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/auth/test_oauth.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/auth/test_oauth.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import base64
 import json
 import logging
+from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import timedelta, timezone
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
@@ -128,6 +129,20 @@ def test_refresh_with_encode_config_params(self):
         }
         assert body == expected
 
+    def test_client_secret_empty(self):
+        config_without_client_secret = deepcopy(config)
+        del config_without_client_secret["client_secret"]
+        oauth = DeclarativeOauth2Authenticator(
+            token_refresh_endpoint="{{ config['refresh_endpoint'] }}",
+            client_id="{{ config['client_id'] }}",
+            client_secret="{{ config['client_secret'] }}",
+            config=config_without_client_secret,
+            parameters={},
+            grant_type="client_credentials",
+        )
+        body = oauth.build_refresh_request_body()
+        assert body["client_secret"] == ""
+
     def test_refresh_with_decode_config_params(self):
         updated_config_fields = {
             "client_id": base64.b64encode(config["client_id"].encode("utf-8")).decode(),