diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 95bea3f..888b378 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/Yelp/detect-secrets
-  rev: v0.13.1
+  rev: v1.4.0
   hooks:
   - id: detect-secrets
     args: ['--baseline', '.secrets.baseline']
diff --git a/.secrets.baseline b/.secrets.baseline
index 2ca7deb..ed46322 100644
--- a/.secrets.baseline
+++ b/.secrets.baseline
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 {
-  "exclude": {
-    "files": "package-lock.json|^.secrets.baseline$",
-    "lines": null
-  },
-  "generated_at": "2021-08-12T13:00:16Z",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "plugins_used": [
+    {
+      "name": "ArtifactoryDetector"
+    },
     {
       "name": "AWSKeyDetector"
     },
     {
-      "name": "ArtifactoryDetector"
+      "name": "AzureStorageKeyDetector"
     },
     {
-      "base64_limit": 4.5,
-      "name": "Base64HighEntropyString"
+      "name": "Base64HighEntropyString",
+      "limit": 4.5
     },
     {
       "name": "BasicAuthDetector"
@@ -22,8 +21,14 @@
       "name": "CloudantDetector"
     },
     {
-      "hex_limit": 3,
-      "name": "HexHighEntropyString"
+      "name": "DiscordBotTokenDetector"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "GitHubTokenDetector"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "HexHighEntropyString",
+      "limit": 3.0
     },
     {
       "name": "IbmCloudIamDetector"
@@ -35,21 +40,30 @@
       "name": "JwtTokenDetector"
     },
     {
-      "keyword_exclude": null,
-      "name": "KeywordDetector"
+      "name": "KeywordDetector",
+      "keyword_exclude": ""
     },
     {
       "name": "MailchimpDetector"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "NpmDetector"
+    },
     {
       "name": "PrivateKeyDetector"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "SendGridDetector"
+    },
     {
       "name": "SlackDetector"
     },
     {
       "name": "SoftlayerDetector"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "SquareOAuthDetector"
+    },
     {
       "name": "StripeDetector"
     },
@@ -57,19 +71,42 @@
       "name": "TwilioKeyDetector"
     }
   ],
-  "results": {
-    "README.md": [
-      {
-        "hashed_secret": "29fcd7da9dc4cf68637e6efc7b29da7493ff1524",
-        "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 50,
-        "type": "Secret Keyword"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "version": "0.13.1",
-  "word_list": {
-    "file": null,
-    "hash": null
-  }
+  "filters_used": [
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.allowlist.is_line_allowlisted"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.common.is_ignored_due_to_verification_policies",
+      "min_level": 2
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_indirect_reference"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_likely_id_string"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_lock_file"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_not_alphanumeric_string"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_potential_uuid"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_prefixed_with_dollar_sign"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_sequential_string"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_swagger_file"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_templated_secret"
+    }
+  ],
+  "results": {},
+  "generated_at": "2023-04-20T08:32:31Z"
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f64ec77..85e43a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ npm install --save ffc-messaging
 
 `host` - Azure Service Bus namespace, for example, `myservicebus.servicebus.windows.net`
 
-`useCredentialChain` - Boolean value for whether to authenticate connection with using Azure's credential chain.  For example, set this to true if you wish to use [AAD Pod Identity](https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity).  If `false`, then `username` and `password` are required.
+`useCredentialChain` - Boolean value for whether to authenticate connection with using Azure's credential chain.  For example, set this to true if you wish to use [AAD Pod Identity](https://github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity).  If `false`, then `username` and `password` or `connectionString` are required.
 
-`username` - Azure Service Bus Shared Access Key name for authentication.  Not required if `useCredentialChain` is `true`.
+`connectionString` - Azure Service Bus connection string.  If provided, `username` and `password` are ignored.
 
-`password` - Azure Service Bus Shared Access Key value for authentication.  Not required if `useCredentialChain` is `true`.
+`username` - Azure Service Bus Shared Access Key name for authentication.  Not required if `useCredentialChain` is `true` or `connectionString` is provided.
+
+`password` - Azure Service Bus Shared Access Key value for authentication.  Not required if `useCredentialChain` is `true` or `connectionString` is provided.
 
 `type` - Azure Service Bus entity to connect to, allows `queue`, `sessionQueue`, `topic` or `subscription`.
 
diff --git a/app/messaging/admin-client.js b/app/messaging/admin-client.js
index 8202ea7..4a73d28 100644
--- a/app/messaging/admin-client.js
+++ b/app/messaging/admin-client.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class AdminClient {
     if (this.config.useCredentialChain) {
       const credentials = this.getCredentials()
       this.sbClient = new ServiceBusAdministrationClient(this.config.host, credentials)
+    } else if (this.config.connectionString) {
+      this.sbClient = new ServiceBusAdministrationClient(this.config.connectionString)
     } else {
       this.sbClient = new ServiceBusAdministrationClient(`Endpoint=sb://${this.config.host}/;SharedAccessKeyName=${this.config.username};SharedAccessKey=${this.config.password}`)
     }
diff --git a/app/messaging/message-base.js b/app/messaging/message-base.js
index 4750afc..21ce931 100644
--- a/app/messaging/message-base.js
+++ b/app/messaging/message-base.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class MessageBase {
     if (this.config.useCredentialChain) {
       const credentials = this.getCredentials()
       this.sbClient = new ServiceBusClient(this.config.host, credentials)
+    } else if (this.config.connectionString) {
+      this.sbClient = new ServiceBusClient(this.config.connectionString)
     } else {
       this.sbClient = new ServiceBusClient(`Endpoint=sb://${this.config.host}/;SharedAccessKeyName=${this.config.username};SharedAccessKey=${this.config.password}`)
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c96973..9a577a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ffc-messaging",
-  "version": "2.6.5",
+  "version": "2.7.0",
   "description": "Messaging npm module for FFC services",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": {