diff --git a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/CustomSCEPForm/CustomSCEPForm.tsx b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/CustomSCEPForm/CustomSCEPForm.tsx
index e8956ff152..7717be5f42 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/CustomSCEPForm/CustomSCEPForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/CustomSCEPForm/CustomSCEPForm.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ const CustomSCEPForm = ({
           value={challenge}
           onChange={onInputChange}
           parseTarget
-          placeholder="••••••••••••"
           helpText="Password to authenticate with a SCEP server."
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/EditCertAuthorityModal.tsx b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/EditCertAuthorityModal.tsx
index 0bfb60d79b..47a22028a3 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/EditCertAuthorityModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/EditCertAuthorityModal.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   generateDefaultFormData,
   getErrorMessage,
   getCertificateAuthorityType,
+  updateFormData,
 } from "./helpers";
 
 import DigicertForm from "../DigicertForm";
@@ -49,11 +50,7 @@ const EditCertAuthorityModal = ({
   const onChangeForm = (update: { name: string; value: string }) => {
     setFormData((prevFormData) => {
       if (!prevFormData) return prevFormData;
-
-      return {
-        ...prevFormData,
-        [update.name]: update.value,
-      };
+      return updateFormData(certAuthority, prevFormData, update);
     });
   };
 
diff --git a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/helpers.tsx b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/helpers.tsx
index 44336fb228..ed6bd7daaf 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/helpers.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/EditCertAuthorityModal/helpers.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,45 @@ export const generateDefaultFormData = (
   };
 };
 
+export const updateFormData = (
+  certAuthority: ICertificateIntegration,
+  prevFormData: ICertFormData,
+  update: { name: string; value: string }
+) => {
+  const newData = { ...prevFormData, [update.name]: update.value };
+
+  // for some inputs that change we want to reset one of the other inputs
+  // and force users to re-enter it.
+  if (isDigicertCertIntegration(certAuthority)) {
+    if (
+      update.name === "name" ||
+      update.name === "url" ||
+      update.name === "profileId"
+    ) {
+      return {
+        ...newData,
+        apiToken: "",
+      };
+    }
+  } else if (isNDESCertIntegration(certAuthority)) {
+    if (update.name === "adminURL" || update.name === "username") {
+      return {
+        ...newData,
+        password: "",
+      };
+    }
+  } else if (isCustomSCEPCertIntegration(certAuthority)) {
+    if (update.name === "name" || update.name === "scepURL") {
+      return {
+        ...newData,
+        challenge: "",
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return newData;
+};
+
 export const getErrorMessage = (err: unknown) => {
   return `Couldn't edit certificate authority. ${getDisplayErrMessage(err)}`;
 };
diff --git a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/NDESForm/NDESForm.tsx b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/NDESForm/NDESForm.tsx
index 7312f2334f..e7f0cc8d8b 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/NDESForm/NDESForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/admin/IntegrationsPage/cards/CertificateAuthorities/components/NDESForm/NDESForm.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ const NDESForm = ({
           type="password"
           onChange={onInputChange}
           parseTarget
-          placeholder="••••••••"
           blockAutoComplete
           helpText="The password required to log in to the SCEP admin page."
         />