diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js
index ce2dab9ef..2833341c6 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ class Flow {
             for (let i = 0; i < configNodes.length; i++) {
                 const node = this.flow.configs[configNodes[i]]
                 if (node.type === 'global-config' && node.env) {
-                    const nodeEnv = await flowUtil.evaluateEnvProperties(this, node.env, credentials.get(node.id))
+                    const globalCreds = credentials.get(node.id)?.map || {}
+                    const nodeEnv = await flowUtil.evaluateEnvProperties(this, node.env, globalCreds)
                     this._env = { ...this._env, ...nodeEnv }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/unit/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow_spec.js b/test/unit/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow_spec.js
index 167691074..61cee1f99 100644
--- a/test/unit/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow_spec.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var flowUtils = NR_TEST_UTILS.require("@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/util");
 var Flow = NR_TEST_UTILS.require("@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow");
 var flows = NR_TEST_UTILS.require("@node-red/runtime/lib/flows");
 var Node = NR_TEST_UTILS.require("@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/Node");
+var credentials = NR_TEST_UTILS.require("@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/credentials");
 var hooks = NR_TEST_UTILS.require("@node-red/util/lib/hooks");
 var typeRegistry = NR_TEST_UTILS.require("@node-red/registry");
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ describe('Flow', function() {
         this.scope = n.scope;
         var node = this;
         this.foo = n.foo;
+        this.bar = n.bar;
         this.handled = 0;
         this.stopped = false;
         currentNodes[node.id] = node;
@@ -1372,13 +1374,24 @@ describe('Flow', function() {
         it("global flow can access global-config defined environment variables", async function () {
             after(function() {
                 delete process.env.V0;
+                credentials.get.restore()
             })
+
+            sinon.stub(credentials,"get").callsFake(function(id) {
+                if (id === 'gc') {
+                    return { map: { GC_CRED: 'gc_cred' }}
+                }
+                return null
+            })
+
             const config = flowUtils.parseConfig([
                 {id:"gc", type:"global-config", env:[
-                    {"name": "GC0", value: "3+4", type: "jsonata"}
+                    {"name": "GC0", value: "3+4", type: "jsonata"},
+                    {"name": "GC_CRED", type: "cred"},
+                    
                 ]},
                 {id:"t1",type:"tab" },
-                {id:"1",x:10,y:10,z:"t1",type:"test",foo:"${GC0}",wires:[]},
+                {id:"1",x:10,y:10,z:"t1",type:"test",foo:"${GC0}", bar:"${GC_CRED}", wires:[]},
             ]);
             // Two-arg call - makes this the global flow that handles global-config nodes
             const globalFlow = Flow.create({getSetting:v=>process.env[v]},config);
@@ -1390,6 +1403,7 @@ describe('Flow', function() {
 
             var activeNodes = flow.getActiveNodes();
             activeNodes["1"].foo.should.equal(7);
+            activeNodes["1"].bar.should.equal('gc_cred');
 
             await flow.stop()
             await globalFlow.stop()