diff --git a/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/processor_test.go b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/processor_test.go
index 5a7152613..4aec3316a 100644
--- a/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/processor_test.go
+++ b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/processor_test.go
@@ -31,10 +31,27 @@ type queryWithResult struct {
 	expResult any
 }
 
+// Functions that check the body of a logRecord post processor actions
+// These "custom" check functions are a powerful way to introspect the body
+// of a log record (as a raw JSON string).
+// Implementations of these functions most likely start with unmarshalling
+// the body string to an API object of choice
+type checkBodyFunc func(t *testing.T, body string)
+
+// Functions that check the attributes of a logRecord post processor actions
+// These custom actions take as input the key-value attributes as a
+// map[string]any
+type checkAttributesFunc func(t *testing.T, attributes map[string]any) //nolint:unused
+
 type k8sEventProcessorTest struct {
 	name            string
 	inLogs          plog.Logs
 	expectedResults []queryWithResult
+	// Actions that are only ran when testing the body of a resulting logRecord
+	checkBodyFunctions []checkBodyFunc
+	// Actions that are only ran when testing the attributes a resulting
+	// logRecord
+	checkAttributesFunctions []checkAttributesFunc //nolint:unused
 }
 
 // LogLocation is the part of the log where to check for matches. At the moment,
@@ -62,8 +79,14 @@ func runTest(t *testing.T, test k8sEventProcessorTest, location LogLocation) {
 			// map[string]any to be able to query it with jmespath.
 			body := logRecord.Body().AsString()
 			json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &out)
+			for _, fn := range test.checkBodyFunctions {
+				fn(t, body)
+			}
 		case LogLocationAttributes:
 			out = logRecord.Attributes().AsRaw()
+			for _, fn := range test.checkAttributesFunctions {
+				fn(t, out)
+			}
 		}
 		for _, query := range test.expectedResults {
 			queryJmes, err := jmespath.Compile(query.path)
diff --git a/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions.go b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions.go
index 0bc36bb05..25f1246da 100644
--- a/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions.go
+++ b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions.go
@@ -16,10 +16,21 @@ func NewSecretRedactorBodyAction() SecretRedactorBodyAction {
 
 // ---------------------------------- Secret "data" values' redaction ----------------------------------
 
-// Redacts secrets' values
-func (SecretRedactorBodyAction) Modify(secret *corev1.Secret) error {
+func redactSecretKeys(secret *corev1.Secret) {
 	for key := range secret.Data {
 		secret.Data[key] = []byte(RedactedSecretValue)
 	}
+	for key := range secret.StringData {
+		secret.StringData[key] = RedactedSecretValue
+	}
+}
+
+// Redacts secrets' values
+func (SecretRedactorBodyAction) Modify(secret *corev1.Secret) error {
+	redactSecretKeys(secret)
+
+	annotations := secret.GetAnnotations()
+	delete(annotations, corev1.LastAppliedConfigAnnotation)
+	secret.SetAnnotations(annotations)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions_test.go b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions_test.go
index f03e0aa8f..f9e453a2d 100644
--- a/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions_test.go
+++ b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/secretactions_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
 func TestSecretBodyActions(t *testing.T) {
@@ -16,6 +18,13 @@ func TestSecretBodyActions(t *testing.T) {
 				{fmt.Sprintf("length(values(data)[?@ != '%s'])", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(RedactedSecretValue))), float64(0)},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "Redact secrets' last configuration values",
+			inLogs: resourceLogsFromSingleJsonEvent("./testdata/secretEventPrevConfig.json"),
+			expectedResults: []queryWithResult{
+				{fmt.Sprintf("observe_transform.body.metadata.annotations.\"%s\"", corev1.LastAppliedConfigAnnotation), nil},
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		runTest(t, testCase, LogLocationBody)
 	}
diff --git a/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/testdata/secretEventPrevConfig.json b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/testdata/secretEventPrevConfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d6f45b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/processors/observek8sattributesprocessor/testdata/secretEventPrevConfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "apiVersion": "v1",
+  "data": {
+    "postgres-url": "Tm90IHNvIGVhc3kgbXIgaGFja2VyCg==",
+    "postgres-url-proxy": "RGFtbiwgWU9VIFJFQUxMWSBUUklFRCEgQ21vbiBub3cuLi4K"
+  },
+  "kind": "Secret",
+  "metadata": {
+    "annotations": {
+      "kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": "{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"data\":{\"postgres-url\":\"Tm90IHNvIGVhc3kgbXIgaGFja2VyCg==\",\"postgres-url-proxy\":\"RGFtbiwgWU9VIFJFQUxMWSBUUklFRCEgQ21vbiBub3cuLi4K\"},\"kind\":\"Secret\",\"metadata\":{\"annotations\":{},\"creationTimestamp\":\"2021-03-18T20:20:00Z\",\"name\":\"postgres-billing-credentials\",\"namespace\":\"o2\",\"resourceVersion\":\"543685028\",\"uid\":\"619570cd-c3da-43b5-a2a3-f85f68860f30\"},\"type\":\"Opaque\"}\n"
+    },
+    "creationTimestamp": "2024-08-14T20:10:30Z",
+    "managedFields": [
+      {
+        "apiVersion": "v1",
+        "fieldsType": "FieldsV1",
+        "fieldsV1": {
+          "f:data": {
+            ".": {},
+            "f:postgres-url": {},
+            "f:postgres-url-proxy": {}
+          },
+          "f:metadata": {
+            "f:annotations": {
+              ".": {},
+              "f:kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": {}
+            }
+          },
+          "f:type": {}
+        },
+        "manager": "kubectl-client-side-apply",
+        "operation": "Update",
+        "time": "2024-08-14T20:10:30Z"
+      }
+    ],
+    "name": "postgres-billing-credentials",
+    "namespace": "o2",
+    "resourceVersion": "40105",
+    "uid": "638c64d7-14e0-4551-bc9f-7f8e7644c8b9"
+  },
+  "type": "Opaque"
+}