diff --git a/plugins/upstash/api_key.go b/plugins/upstash/api_key.go
index 0b0964745..29387c296 100644
--- a/plugins/upstash/api_key.go
+++ b/plugins/upstash/api_key.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func APIKey() schema.CredentialType {
 					Charset: schema.Charset{
 						Lowercase: true,
 						Digits:    true,
+						Symbols:   true,
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/plugins/upstash/api_key_test.go b/plugins/upstash/api_key_test.go
index 613881415..6d26d7c84 100644
--- a/plugins/upstash/api_key_test.go
+++ b/plugins/upstash/api_key_test.go
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ func TestAPIKeyProvisioner(t *testing.T) {
 		"default": {
 			ItemFields: map[sdk.FieldName]string{
 				fieldname.APIKey: "d68850db-69f7-qxe9pubcmjnqfgyexample",
-				fieldname.Email:  "fakememail12@gmail.com",
+				fieldname.Email:  "wendy@appleseed.com",
 			},
 			ExpectedOutput: sdk.ProvisionOutput{
 				Environment: map[string]string{
 					"UPSTASH_API_KEY": "d68850db-69f7-qxe9pubcmjnqfgyexample",
-					"UPSTASH_EMAIL":   "fakememail12@gmail.com",
+					"UPSTASH_EMAIL":  "wendy@appleseed.com",
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ func TestAPIKeyImporter(t *testing.T) {
 		"environment": {
 			Environment: map[string]string{
 				"UPSTASH_API_KEY": "d68850db-69f7-qxe9pubcmjnqfgyexample",
-				"UPSTASH_EMAIL":   "fakememail12@gmail.com",
+				"UPSTASH_EMAIL":   "wendy@appleseed.com",
 			},
 			ExpectedCandidates: []sdk.ImportCandidate{
 				{
 					Fields: map[sdk.FieldName]string{
 						fieldname.APIKey: "d68850db-69f7-qxe9pubcmjnqfgyexample",
-						fieldname.Email:  "fakememail12@gmail.com",
+						fieldname.Email:  "wendy@appleseed.com",
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestAPIKeyImporter(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Fields: map[sdk.FieldName]string{
 						fieldname.APIKey: "d68850db-69f7-qxe9pubcmjnqfgyexample",
-						fieldname.Email:  "fakememail12@gmail.com",
+						fieldname.Email:  "wendy@appleseed.com",
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/plugins/upstash/test-fixtures/.upstash.json b/plugins/upstash/test-fixtures/.upstash.json
index 77f770494..2a9830fd5 100755
--- a/plugins/upstash/test-fixtures/.upstash.json
+++ b/plugins/upstash/test-fixtures/.upstash.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "apiKey":"d68850db-69f7-qxe9pubcmjnqfgyexample",
-    "email" : "fakememail12@gmail.com"
+    "email" : "wendy@appleseed.com"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/upstash/upstash.go b/plugins/upstash/upstash.go
index 4ce262baa..89e88f3cb 100644
--- a/plugins/upstash/upstash.go
+++ b/plugins/upstash/upstash.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ func UpstashCLI() schema.Executable {
 		NeedsAuth: needsauth.IfAll(
 			needsauth.NotForHelpOrVersion(),
 			needsauth.NotWithoutArgs(),
-			needsauth.NotForExactArgs("config"),
+			needsauth.NotWhenContainsArgs("--config"),
+			needsauth.NotWhenContainsArgs("-c"),
 			needsauth.NotWhenContainsArgs("auth"),
 		),
 		Uses: []schema.CredentialUsage{