diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f35b976..79fd506 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <!-- connector SDK version -->
-    <version.connector-core>0.10.0</version.connector-core>
+    <version.connector-core>0.11.2</version.connector-core>
     <version.connector-runtime>0.21.3</version.connector-runtime>
 
     <!-- external libraries -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorExecutable.java b/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorExecutable.java
index d6204a1..dcce8de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorExecutable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorExecutable.java
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ public class MyConnectorExecutable implements InboundConnectorExecutable {
 
   @Override
   public void activate(InboundConnectorContext connectorContext) {
-    MyConnectorProperties props = connectorContext.getPropertiesAsType(MyConnectorProperties.class);
-
-    connectorContext.replaceSecrets(props);
-    connectorContext.validate(props);
-
+    MyConnectorProperties props = connectorContext.bindProperties(MyConnectorProperties.class);
     this.connectorContext = connectorContext;
 
     subscription = new MockSubscription(
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorProperties.java b/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorProperties.java
index 542ef2e..3cf14d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/inbound/MyConnectorProperties.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.camunda.connector.inbound;
 
-import io.camunda.connector.api.annotation.Secret;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Max;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@
  * Configuration properties for inbound Connector
  */
 public class MyConnectorProperties {
-  @Secret
   @NotNull
   private String sender;