diff --git a/pkg/cmd/secrets.go b/pkg/cmd/secrets.go
index 8bf32ab5..91992a8f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/secrets.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/secrets.go
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ func setSecrets(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	localConfig := configuration.LocalConfig(cmd)
 	visibility := cmd.Flag("visibility").Value.String()
 	visibilityModified := visibility != ""
+	valueType := cmd.Flag("value-type").Value.String()
+	valueTypeModified := valueType != ""
 
 	utils.RequireValue("token", localConfig.Token.Value)
 
@@ -320,6 +322,11 @@ func setSecrets(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		if visibilityModified {
 			changeRequest.Visibility = &visibility
 		}
+		if valueTypeModified {
+			changeRequest.ValueType = &models.SecretValueType{
+				Type: valueType,
+			}
+		}
 		changeRequests = append(changeRequests, changeRequest)
 	} else if len(args) == 2 && !strings.Contains(args[0], "=") {
 		// format: 'doppler secrets set KEY value'
@@ -333,6 +340,11 @@ func setSecrets(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		if visibilityModified {
 			changeRequest.Visibility = &visibility
 		}
+		if valueTypeModified {
+			changeRequest.ValueType = &models.SecretValueType{
+				Type: valueType,
+			}
+		}
 		changeRequests = append(changeRequests, changeRequest)
 	} else {
 		// format: 'doppler secrets set KEY=value'
@@ -353,6 +365,11 @@ func setSecrets(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if visibilityModified {
 				changeRequest.Visibility = &visibility
 			}
+			if valueTypeModified {
+				changeRequest.ValueType = &models.SecretValueType{
+					Type: valueType,
+				}
+			}
 			changeRequests = append(changeRequests, changeRequest)
 		}
 	}
@@ -363,7 +380,7 @@ func setSecrets(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	if !utils.Silent {
-		printer.Secrets(response, keys, jsonFlag, false, raw, false, visibilityModified, false)
+		printer.Secrets(response, keys, jsonFlag, false, raw, false, visibilityModified, valueTypeModified)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -659,6 +676,7 @@ func init() {
 	secretsSetCmd.Flags().Bool("raw", false, "print the raw secret value without processing variables")
 	secretsSetCmd.Flags().Bool("no-interactive", false, "do not allow entering secret value via interactive mode")
 	secretsSetCmd.Flags().String("visibility", "", "visibility (e.g. masked, unmasked, or restricted)")
+	secretsSetCmd.Flags().String("value-type", "", "value type (e.g. string, decimal, etc)")
 	secretsCmd.AddCommand(secretsSetCmd)
 
 	secretsUploadCmd.Flags().StringP("project", "p", "", "project (e.g. backend)")
diff --git a/pkg/models/api.go b/pkg/models/api.go
index 211a0053..bcc6898c 100644
--- a/pkg/models/api.go
+++ b/pkg/models/api.go
@@ -33,15 +33,17 @@ type ComputedSecret struct {
 
 // ChangeRequest can be used to smartly update secrets
 type ChangeRequest struct {
-	Name               string      `json:"name"`
-	OriginalName       interface{} `json:"originalName"`
-	Value              interface{} `json:"value"`
-	OriginalValue      interface{} `json:"originalValue,omitempty"`
-	Visibility         *string     `json:"visibility,omitempty"`
-	OriginalVisibility *string     `json:"originalVisibility,omitempty"`
-	ShouldPromote      *bool       `json:"shouldPromote,omitempty"`
-	ShouldDelete       *bool       `json:"shouldDelete,omitempty"`
-	ShouldConverge     *bool       `json:"shouldConverge,omitempty"`
+	Name               string           `json:"name"`
+	OriginalName       interface{}      `json:"originalName"`
+	Value              interface{}      `json:"value"`
+	OriginalValue      interface{}      `json:"originalValue,omitempty"`
+	Visibility         *string          `json:"visibility,omitempty"`
+	OriginalVisibility *string          `json:"originalVisibility,omitempty"`
+	ValueType          *SecretValueType `json:"valueType,omitempty"`
+	OriginalValueType  *SecretValueType `json:"originalValueType,omitempty"`
+	ShouldPromote      *bool            `json:"shouldPromote,omitempty"`
+	ShouldDelete       *bool            `json:"shouldDelete,omitempty"`
+	ShouldConverge     *bool            `json:"shouldConverge,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // SecretNote contains a secret and its note