diff --git a/app/api/webhooks/route.js b/app/api/webhooks/route.js
index be611c8b1..bcd9fdd08 100644
--- a/app/api/webhooks/route.js
+++ b/app/api/webhooks/route.js
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ export const POST = withErrorHandler(async (request) => {
     createdBy: decodedToken.uid,
   });
 
-  return jsonSuccess({ webhook }, 201);
+  return jsonSuccess({
+    webhook,
+    secret,
+    message: "Save this secret securely. It will not be shown again.",
+  }, 201);
 });
 
 export const GET = withErrorHandler(async (request) => {
diff --git a/lib/models/webhookModel.js b/lib/models/webhookModel.js
index 0120d0dd7..6c61cf88f 100644
--- a/lib/models/webhookModel.js
+++ b/lib/models/webhookModel.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
 import { connectDb } from "@/lib/mongodb";
+import { encryptSecret, decryptSecret, hashSecret } from "@/lib/webhook/crypto";
 
 const COLLECTION = "webhooks";
 let indexesEnsured = false;
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ async function ensureIndexes(db) {
 
 export function serializeWebhook(doc) {
   if (!doc) return null;
-  return { ...doc, _id: doc._id?.toString?.() || doc._id };
+  const { _id, secret, secretHash, ...rest } = doc;
+  return { ...rest, _id: _id?.toString?.() || _id };
 }
 
 export async function createWebhook(data) {
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ export async function createWebhook(data) {
   const doc = {
     webhookId: randomUUID(),
     url: data.url,
-    secret: data.secret,
+    encryptedSecret: encryptSecret(data.secret),
+    secretHash: hashSecret(data.secret),
     events: data.events,
     status: data.status || "active",
     description: data.description || "",
@@ -43,13 +46,30 @@ export async function getWebhookById(webhookId) {
   return serializeWebhook(doc);
 }
 
+export async function getWebhookSecretForSigning(webhookId) {
+  const db = await connectDb();
+  const doc = await db.collection(COLLECTION).findOne({ webhookId });
+  if (!doc || !doc.encryptedSecret) return null;
+  try {
+    return decryptSecret(doc.encryptedSecret);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 export async function updateWebhook(webhookId, updates) {
   const db = await connectDb();
-  const allowed = ["url", "secret", "events", "status", "description"];
+  const allowed = ["url", "events", "status", "description"];
   const setFields = {};
   for (const key of allowed) {
     if (updates[key] !== undefined) setFields[key] = updates[key];
   }
+
+  if (updates.secret !== undefined) {
+    setFields.encryptedSecret = encryptSecret(updates.secret);
+    setFields.secretHash = hashSecret(updates.secret);
+  }
+
   setFields.updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
   await db.collection(COLLECTION).updateOne({ webhookId }, { $set: setFields });
   return getWebhookById(webhookId);
diff --git a/lib/webhook/crypto.js b/lib/webhook/crypto.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..944bdd403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webhook/crypto.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { createHmac, randomBytes, createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, scryptSync } from "crypto";
+
+const ALGORITHM = "aes-256-gcm";
+const KEY_LENGTH = 32;
+const IV_LENGTH = 16;
+const AUTH_TAG_LENGTH = 16;
+
+function getEncryptionKey() {
+  const secret = process.env.WEBHOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY || process.env.CRON_SECRET;
+  if (!secret) {
+    throw new Error("WEBHOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY or CRON_SECRET must be set");
+  }
+  return scryptSync(secret, "webhook-salt", KEY_LENGTH);
+}
+
+export function encryptSecret(plaintext) {
+  const key = getEncryptionKey();
+  const iv = randomBytes(IV_LENGTH);
+  const cipher = createCipheriv(ALGORITHM, key, iv);
+
+  let encrypted = cipher.update(plaintext, "utf8", "hex");
+  encrypted += cipher.final("hex");
+
+  const authTag = cipher.getAuthTag();
+
+  return `${iv.toString("hex")}:${authTag.toString("hex")}:${encrypted}`;
+}
+
+export function decryptSecret(encryptedValue) {
+  const key = getEncryptionKey();
+  const parts = encryptedValue.split(":");
+
+  if (parts.length !== 3) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid encrypted value format");
+  }
+
+  const iv = Buffer.from(parts[0], "hex");
+  const authTag = Buffer.from(parts[1], "hex");
+  const encrypted = parts[2];
+
+  const decipher = createDecipheriv(ALGORITHM, key, iv);
+  decipher.setAuthTag(authTag);
+
+  let decrypted = decipher.update(encrypted, "hex", "utf8");
+  decrypted += decipher.final("utf8");
+
+  return decrypted;
+}
+
+export function hashSecret(secret) {
+  const pepper = process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET_PEPPER || process.env.CRON_SECRET || "default-pepper";
+  return createHmac("sha256", pepper).update(secret).digest("hex");
+}
+
+export function verifySecretHash(secret, hash) {
+  const computed = hashSecret(secret);
+  if (computed.length !== hash.length) return false;
+
+  let result = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < computed.length; i++) {
+    result |= computed.charCodeAt(i) ^ hash.charCodeAt(i);
+  }
+  return result === 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/webhook/dispatcher.js b/lib/webhook/dispatcher.js
index 544b6e095..ef3a5ccf5 100644
--- a/lib/webhook/dispatcher.js
+++ b/lib/webhook/dispatcher.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   getActiveWebhooksByEvent,
+  getWebhookSecretForSigning,
 } from "@/lib/models/webhookModel";
 import {
   createDeliveryLog,
@@ -60,7 +61,12 @@ export async function emitWebhookEvent(eventType, data) {
     };
 
     for (const webhook of webhooks) {
-      const signature = signPayload(payload, webhook.secret);
+      const signingSecret = await getWebhookSecretForSigning(webhook.webhookId);
+      if (!signingSecret) {
+        console.error(`[webhook] Failed to decrypt secret for webhook ${webhook.webhookId}, skipping`);
+        continue;
+      }
+      const signature = signPayload(payload, signingSecret);
       const deliveryLog = await createDeliveryLog({
         webhookId: webhook.webhookId,
         eventType,