diff --git a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
index d768066fa7..5bbe49cf29 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ export const RAW_SECRETS = {
     tagIds: "The ID of the tags to be attached to the created secret."
   },
   GET: {
+    expand: "Whether or not to expand secret references",
     secretName: "The name of the secret to get.",
     workspaceId: "The ID of the project to get the secret from.",
     workspaceSlug: "The slug of the project to get the secret from.",
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v3/secret-router.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/v3/secret-router.ts
index e3f1528ade..b92138ec8f 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/v3/secret-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/v3/secret-router.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ export const registerSecretRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
         secretPath: z.string().trim().default("/").transform(removeTrailingSlash).describe(RAW_SECRETS.GET.secretPath),
         version: z.coerce.number().optional().describe(RAW_SECRETS.GET.version),
         type: z.nativeEnum(SecretType).default(SecretType.Shared).describe(RAW_SECRETS.GET.type),
+        expandSecretReferences: z
+          .enum(["true", "false"])
+          .default("false")
+          .transform((value) => value === "true")
+          .describe(RAW_SECRETS.GET.expand),
         include_imports: z
           .enum(["true", "false"])
           .default("false")
@@ -344,6 +349,7 @@ export const registerSecretRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
         actor: req.permission.type,
         actorAuthMethod: req.permission.authMethod,
         actorOrgId: req.permission.orgId,
+        expandSecretReferences: req.query.expandSecretReferences,
         environment,
         projectId: workspaceId,
         projectSlug: workspaceSlug,
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts
index a5a469a8f8..cbfccba91c 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ export const secretServiceFactory = ({
     actor,
     environment,
     projectId: workspaceId,
+    expandSecretReferences,
     projectSlug,
     actorId,
     actorOrgId,
@@ -1091,7 +1092,7 @@ export const secretServiceFactory = ({
     const botKey = await projectBotService.getBotKey(projectId);
     if (!botKey) throw new BadRequestError({ message: "Project bot not found", name: "bot_not_found_error" });
 
-    const secret = await getSecretByName({
+    const encryptedSecret = await getSecretByName({
       actorId,
       projectId,
       actorAuthMethod,
@@ -1105,7 +1106,46 @@ export const secretServiceFactory = ({
       version
     });
 
-    return decryptSecretRaw(secret, botKey);
+    const decryptedSecret = decryptSecretRaw(encryptedSecret, botKey);
+
+    if (expandSecretReferences) {
+      const expandSecrets = interpolateSecrets({
+        folderDAL,
+        projectId,
+        secretDAL,
+        secretEncKey: botKey
+      });
+
+      const expandSingleSecret = async (secret: {
+        secretKey: string;
+        secretValue: string;
+        secretComment?: string;
+        secretPath: string;
+        skipMultilineEncoding: boolean | null | undefined;
+      }) => {
+        const secretRecord: Record<
+          string,
+          { value: string; comment?: string; skipMultilineEncoding: boolean | null | undefined }
+        > = {
+          [secret.secretKey]: {
+            value: secret.secretValue,
+            comment: secret.secretComment,
+            skipMultilineEncoding: secret.skipMultilineEncoding
+          }
+        };
+
+        await expandSecrets(secretRecord);
+
+        // Update the secret with the expanded value
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+        secret.secretValue = secretRecord[secret.secretKey].value;
+      };
+
+      // Expand the secret
+      await expandSingleSecret(decryptedSecret);
+    }
+
+    return decryptedSecret;
   };
 
   const createSecretRaw = async ({
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts
index 1aac324c56..10df2f2583 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ export type TGetASecretRawDTO = {
   secretName: string;
   path: string;
   environment: string;
+  expandSecretReferences?: boolean;
   type: "shared" | "personal";
   includeImports?: boolean;
   version?: number;