diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0a74be6f..d3f82a2f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Magento Functional Testing Framework Changelog
 ================================================
 
+2.4.4
+-----
+### Fixes
+* Fixed an issue where `_CREDS` could not be resolved when used in a suite.
+
 2.4.3
 -----
 * Customizability
diff --git a/bin/mftf b/bin/mftf
index e45835696..0f2bf274d 100755
--- a/bin/mftf
+++ b/bin/mftf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ try {
 try {
     $application = new Symfony\Component\Console\Application();
     $application->setName('Magento Functional Testing Framework CLI');
-    $application->setVersion('2.4.3');
+    $application->setVersion('2.4.4');
     /** @var \Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Console\CommandListInterface $commandList */
     $commandList = new \Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Console\CommandList;
     foreach ($commandList->getCommands() as $command) {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 39d206ee8..bc36fb60e 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "magento/magento2-functional-testing-framework",
     "description": "Magento2 Functional Testing Framework",
     "type": "library",
-    "version": "2.4.3",
+    "version": "2.4.4",
     "license": "AGPL-3.0",
     "keywords": ["magento", "automation", "functional", "testing"],
     "config": {
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 7875ec7e1..d415acc0a 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "8c865770654a7053c62a505c2ca31942",
+    "content-hash": "b1795ca4e2c9a15582db44baf54962ad",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "allure-framework/allure-codeception",
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteHooks.txt b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteHooks.txt
index 4df805329..05ada44f1 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteHooks.txt
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteHooks.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Group;
 
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\PersistedObjectHandler;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\CredentialStore;
 
 /**
  * Group class is Codeception Extension which is allowed to handle to all internal events.
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteWithComments.txt b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteWithComments.txt
index d0e059aab..0e15b7909 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteWithComments.txt
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/functionalSuiteWithComments.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Group;
 
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\PersistedObjectHandler;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\CredentialStore;
 
 /**
  * Group class is Codeception Extension which is allowed to handle to all internal events.
diff --git a/etc/config/command.php b/etc/config/command.php
index 047af324a..f018e3014 100644
--- a/etc/config/command.php
+++ b/etc/config/command.php
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     $tokenModel = $magentoObjectManager->get(\Magento\Integration\Model\Oauth\Token::class);
 
     $tokenPassedIn = urldecode($_POST['token']);
-    $command = urldecode($_POST['command']);
-    $arguments = urldecode($_POST['arguments']);
+    $command = str_replace([';', '&', '|'], '', urldecode($_POST['command']));
+    $arguments = str_replace([';', '&', '|'], '', urldecode($_POST['arguments']));
 
     // Token returned will be null if the token we passed in is invalid
     $tokenFromMagento = $tokenModel->loadByToken($tokenPassedIn)->getToken();
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Suite/views/SuiteClass.mustache b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Suite/views/SuiteClass.mustache
index 58c0cbf0f..b98405c03 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Suite/views/SuiteClass.mustache
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Suite/views/SuiteClass.mustache
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Group;
 
 use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\PersistedObjectHandler;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\CredentialStore;
 
 /**
  * Group class is Codeception Extension which is allowed to handle to all internal events.