diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/gitlab_project_variable.yml b/changelogs/fragments/gitlab_project_variable.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3db59e129d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/gitlab_project_variable.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Redact GitLab Project variables which might include sensetive information such as password, api_keys and other project related details.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/gitlab_project_variable.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/gitlab_project_variable.py
index 490c7fef111..efdde164068 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/gitlab_project_variable.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/gitlab_project_variable.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def main():
         api_token=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
         project=dict(type='str', required=True),
         purge=dict(type='bool', required=False, default=False),
-        vars=dict(type='dict', required=False, default=dict()),
+        vars=dict(type='dict', required=False, default=dict(), no_log=True),
         state=dict(type='str', default="present", choices=["absent", "present"])
     )