diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7914543..6948fc1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <!-- Bukkit API Version, change if out dated -->
-        <bukkit.version>1.20-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</bukkit.version>
+        <bukkit.version>1.20.6-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</bukkit.version>
         <build.number>SNAPSHOT</build.number>
     </properties>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
         </pluginRepository>
     </pluginRepositories>
 
-
     <repositories>
         <!-- For anything else without its own repo -->
         <repository>
@@ -72,7 +71,18 @@
         <repository>
             <id>dynmap</id>
             <url>https://repo.mikeprimm.com/</url>
-        </repository>        
+        </repository>
+        
+        <repository>
+            <id>sk89q-repo</id>
+            <url>https://maven.sk89q.com/repo/</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
 
     </repositories>
     
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
index d1b6e1c..8984199 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import static com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCMessage.Type.CTCP;
 import static com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCMessage.Type.MESSAGE;
 import static com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCMessage.Type.NOTICE;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.Utilities.CaseInsensitiveMap;
+import com.cnaude.purpleirc.Utilities.FileHelpers;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.entity.Faction;
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
     public String botIdentPassword;
     public String saslUsername;
     public String saslPassword;
+    public String saslPasswordFile;
     public List<String> rawMessages;
     public String channelCmdNotifyMode;
     public String partInvalidChannelsMsg;
@@ -818,7 +820,14 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
             botServerPass = config.getString("password", "");
             botIdentPassword = config.getString("ident-password", "");
             saslUsername = config.getString("sasl-username", "");
-            saslPassword = config.getString("sasl-password", "");
+            saslPasswordFile = config.getString("sasl-password-file", "");
+            if (!saslPasswordFile.isEmpty()) {
+                plugin.logInfo("Loading sasl password from file: " + saslPasswordFile);
+                saslPassword = FileHelpers.loadFirstLineFromFile(saslPasswordFile);
+            } else {
+                saslPassword = config.getString("sasl-password", "");
+            }
+//            plugin.logDebug("saslPassword: " + saslPassword);
             commandPrefix = config.getString("command-prefix", ".");
             chatDelay = config.getLong("message-delay", 1000);
             finger = config.getString("finger-reply", "PurpleIRC");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/FileHelpers.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/FileHelpers.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d103ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/FileHelpers.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.cnaude.purpleirc.Utilities;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class FileHelpers {
+
+    public static String loadFirstLineFromFile(String filePath) throws IOException {
+        File file = new File(filePath);
+        
+        if (!file.exists() || !file.canRead()) {
+            throw new IOException("File does not exist or is not readable.");
+        }
+
+        String firstLine;
+        try (BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath))) {
+            firstLine = bufferedReader.readLine();
+        }
+        return firstLine;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml b/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
index a98e4e3..0b35f41 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ ident-password: ''
 sasl: false
 # SASL password
 sasl-password: ''
+# Load SASL password from a file instead of this YAML file
+sasl-password-file: ''
 # SASL username
 sasl-username: ''
 # command-prefix - The bot will listen for commands that start with this.