diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2791f087ce..e91c147f8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Features
 
 1. [16523](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/16523): Change influx packages to be CRD compliant
+1. [16547](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/16547): Allow trailing newline in credentials file and CLI integration
 
 ### UI Improvements
 
diff --git a/cmd/influx/main.go b/cmd/influx/main.go
index d546e59a6f..69188a6bd9 100644
--- a/cmd/influx/main.go
+++ b/cmd/influx/main.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func getTokenFromDefaultPath() string {
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
-	return string(b)
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(b))
 }
 
 func writeTokenToPath(tok, path, dir string) error {