diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index 75d2da6f2c919..805644cbfa902 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.178.2-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.178.1-alpha.0...v2.178.2-alpha.0) (2025-02-12)
+
 ## [2.178.1-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.178.0-alpha.0...v2.178.1-alpha.0) (2025-02-06)
 
 ## [2.178.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.177.0-alpha.0...v2.178.0-alpha.0) (2025-02-05)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index c9c2acedc9141..07c04ae193588 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.178.2](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.178.1...v2.178.2) (2025-02-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **cli:** do not print credentials refreshed by plugins ([#33398](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/33398)) ([727d42f](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/727d42f3b1677ec97d9358588667da1bfc2c1151)), closes [#33394](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/33394) [#33394](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/33394)
+
 ## [2.178.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.178.0...v2.178.1) (2025-02-06)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/aws-auth/credential-plugins.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/aws-auth/credential-plugins.ts
index 84303ffb4c5ca..6f70ab67b96f5 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/aws-auth/credential-plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/aws-auth/credential-plugins.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { inspect, format } from 'util';
+import { inspect } from 'util';
 import type { CredentialProviderSource, ForReading, ForWriting, PluginProviderResult, SDKv2CompatibleCredentials, SDKv3CompatibleCredentialProvider, SDKv3CompatibleCredentials } from '@aws-cdk/cli-plugin-contract';
 import type { AwsCredentialIdentity, AwsCredentialIdentityProvider } from '@smithy/types';
 import { credentialsAboutToExpire, makeCachingProvider } from './provider-caching';
-import { debug, warning, info } from '../../logging';
+import { debug, warning } from '../../logging';
 import { AuthenticationError } from '../../toolkit/error';
 import { formatErrorMessage } from '../../util/error';
 import { Mode } from '../plugin/mode';
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ function v3ProviderFromV2Credentials(x: SDKv2CompatibleCredentials): AwsCredenti
 
 function refreshFromPluginProvider(current: AwsCredentialIdentity, producer: () => Promise<PluginProviderResult>): AwsCredentialIdentityProvider {
   return async () => {
-    info(format(current), Date.now());
     if (credentialsAboutToExpire(current)) {
       const newCreds = await producer();
       if (!isV3Credentials(newCreds)) {
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index 21bb5b4127781..796e485ed7823 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.178.1",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.178.1-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.178.2",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.178.2-alpha.0"
 }
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