diff --git a/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/__tests__/source-control-export.service.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/__tests__/source-control-export.service.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7746875f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/__tests__/source-control-export.service.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import mock from 'jest-mock-extended/lib/Mock';
+import { SourceControlExportService } from '../sourceControlExport.service.ee';
+import type { SourceControlledFile } from '../types/sourceControlledFile';
+import { Cipher, type InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
+import { SharedCredentialsRepository } from '@/databases/repositories/sharedCredentials.repository';
+import { mockInstance } from '@test/mocking';
+
+import type { SharedCredentials } from '@/databases/entities/SharedCredentials';
+import type { CredentialsEntity } from '@/databases/entities/CredentialsEntity';
+import Container from 'typedi';
+import { ApplicationError, deepCopy } from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+// https://github.com/jestjs/jest/issues/4715
+function deepSpyOn<O extends object, M extends keyof O>(object: O, methodName: M) {
+	const spy = jest.fn();
+	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+	const originalMethod = object[methodName];
+
+	if (typeof originalMethod !== 'function') {
+		throw new ApplicationError(`${methodName.toString()} is not a function`, { level: 'warning' });
+	}
+
+	object[methodName] = function (...args: unknown[]) {
+		const clonedArgs = deepCopy(args);
+		spy(...clonedArgs);
+		return originalMethod.apply(this, args);
+	} as O[M];
+
+	return spy;
+}
+
+describe('SourceControlExportService', () => {
+	const service = new SourceControlExportService(
+		mock(),
+		mock(),
+		mock(),
+		mock<InstanceSettings>({ n8nFolder: '' }),
+	);
+
+	describe('exportCredentialsToWorkFolder', () => {
+		it('should export credentials to work folder', async () => {
+			/**
+			 * Arrange
+			 */
+			// @ts-expect-error Private method
+			const replaceSpy = deepSpyOn(service, 'replaceCredentialData');
+
+			mockInstance(SharedCredentialsRepository).findByCredentialIds.mockResolvedValue([
+				mock<SharedCredentials>({
+					credentials: mock<CredentialsEntity>({
+						data: Container.get(Cipher).encrypt(
+							JSON.stringify({
+								authUrl: 'test',
+								accessTokenUrl: 'test',
+								clientId: 'test',
+								clientSecret: 'test',
+								oauthTokenData: {
+									access_token: 'test',
+									token_type: 'test',
+									expires_in: 123,
+									refresh_token: 'test',
+								},
+							}),
+						),
+					}),
+				}),
+			]);
+
+			/**
+			 * Act
+			 */
+			await service.exportCredentialsToWorkFolder([mock<SourceControlledFile>()]);
+
+			/**
+			 * Assert
+			 */
+			expect(replaceSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+				authUrl: 'test',
+				accessTokenUrl: 'test',
+				clientId: 'test',
+				clientSecret: 'test',
+			});
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlExport.service.ee.ts b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlExport.service.ee.ts
index e586357093..65886a6d6d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlExport.service.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlExport.service.ee.ts
@@ -293,11 +293,18 @@ export class SourceControlExportService {
 						};
 					}
 
+					/**
+					 * Edge case: Do not export `oauthTokenData`, so that that the
+					 * pulling instance reconnects instead of trying to use stubbed values.
+					 */
+					const credentialData = credentials.getData();
+					const { oauthTokenData, ...rest } = credentialData;
+
 					const stub: ExportableCredential = {
 						id,
 						name,
 						type,
-						data: this.replaceCredentialData(credentials.getData()),
+						data: this.replaceCredentialData(rest),
 						ownedBy: owner,
 					};
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlImport.service.ee.ts b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlImport.service.ee.ts
index d9a366b6f0..7ff77ca7f8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlImport.service.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/sourceControlImport.service.ee.ts
@@ -326,7 +326,12 @@ export class SourceControlImportService {
 				if (existingCredential?.data) {
 					newCredentialObject.data = existingCredential.data;
 				} else {
-					newCredentialObject.setData(data);
+					/**
+					 * Edge case: Do not import `oauthTokenData`, so that that the
+					 * pulling instance reconnects instead of trying to use stubbed values.
+					 */
+					const { oauthTokenData, ...rest } = data;
+					newCredentialObject.setData(rest);
 				}
 
 				this.logger.debug(`Updating credential id ${newCredentialObject.id as string}`);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
index cf677ba5bd..5426ce94ab 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
@@ -1342,7 +1342,9 @@ export async function requestOAuth2(
 	// if it's the first time using the credentials, get the access token and save it into the DB.
 	if (
 		credentials.grantType === 'clientCredentials' &&
-		(oauthTokenData === undefined || Object.keys(oauthTokenData).length === 0)
+		(oauthTokenData === undefined ||
+			Object.keys(oauthTokenData).length === 0 ||
+			oauthTokenData.access_token === '') // stub
 	) {
 		const { data } = await oAuthClient.credentials.getToken();
 		// Find the credentials