diff --git a/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go b/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go
index 0153e22e6..dc32ad380 100644
--- a/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ type MongoDBUser struct {
 	// +optional
 	ConnectionStringSecretName string `json:"connectionStringSecretName,omitempty"`
 
+	// ConnectionStringSecretNamespace is the namespace of the secret object created by the operator which exposes the connection strings for the user.
+	// +optional
+	ConnectionStringSecretNamespace string `json:"connectionStringSecretNamespace,omitempty"`
+
 	// Additional options to be appended to the connection string.
 	// These options apply only to this user and will override any existing options in the resource.
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Type=object
@@ -503,6 +507,16 @@ func (m MongoDBUser) GetConnectionStringSecretName(resourceName string) string {
 	return normalizeName(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", resourceName, m.DB, m.Name))
 }
 
+// GetConnectionStringSecretNamespace gets the connection string secret namespace provided by the user or generated
+// from the SCRAM user configuration.
+func (m MongoDBUser) GetConnectionStringSecretNamespace(resourceNamespace string) string {
+	if m.ConnectionStringSecretNamespace != "" {
+		return m.ConnectionStringSecretNamespace
+	}
+
+	return resourceNamespace
+}
+
 // normalizeName returns a string that conforms to RFC-1123
 func normalizeName(name string) string {
 	errors := validation.IsDNS1123Subdomain(name)
@@ -765,6 +779,7 @@ func (m *MongoDBCommunity) GetAuthUsers() []authtypes.User {
 			Database:                   u.DB,
 			Roles:                      roles,
 			ConnectionStringSecretName: u.GetConnectionStringSecretName(m.Name),
+			ConnectionStringSecretNamespace: u.GetConnectionStringSecretName(m.Namespace),
 			ConnectionStringOptions:    u.AdditionalConnectionStringConfig.Object,
 		}
 
diff --git a/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types_test.go b/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types_test.go
index efdd042c3..997266e00 100644
--- a/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types_test.go
+++ b/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types_test.go
@@ -282,6 +282,35 @@ func TestGetScramCredentialsSecretName(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"scram-credential-secret-name-1-scram-credentials",
 		},
+		{
+			MongoDBUser{
+				Name: "mdb-2",
+				DB:   "admin",
+				Roles: []Role{
+					// roles on testing db for general connectivity
+					{
+						DB:   "testing",
+						Name: "readWrite",
+					},
+					{
+						DB:   "testing",
+						Name: "clusterAdmin",
+					},
+					// admin roles for reading FCV
+					{
+						DB:   "admin",
+						Name: "readWrite",
+					},
+					{
+						DB:   "admin",
+						Name: "clusterAdmin",
+					},
+				},
+				ScramCredentialsSecretName: "scram-credential-secret-name-2",
+				ConnectionStringSecretNamespace: "other-namespace"
+			},
+			"scram-credential-secret-name-2-scram-credentials",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range testusers {
@@ -328,6 +357,16 @@ func TestGetConnectionStringSecretName(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"connection-string-secret",
 		},
+		{
+			MongoDBUser{
+				Name:                       "mdb-2",
+				DB:                         "admin",
+				ScramCredentialsSecretName: "scram-credential-secret-name-2",
+				ConnectionStringSecretName: "connection-string-secret-2",
+				ConnectionStringSecretNamespace: "other-namespace",
+			},
+			"connection-string-secret",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range testusers {
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/mongodbcommunity.mongodb.com_mongodbcommunity.yaml b/config/crd/bases/mongodbcommunity.mongodb.com_mongodbcommunity.yaml
index f903a1b53..fbff9edcb 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/mongodbcommunity.mongodb.com_mongodbcommunity.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/mongodbcommunity.mongodb.com_mongodbcommunity.yaml
@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ spec:
                         strings for the user. If provided, this secret must be different
                         for each user in a deployment.
                       type: string
+                    connectionStringSecretNamespace:
+                      description: ConnectionStringSecretNamespace is the namespace of the secret
+                        object created by the operator which exposes the connection
+                        strings for the user.
+                      type: string
                     db:
                       default: admin
                       description: DB is the database the user is stored in. Defaults
diff --git a/config/samples/mongodb.com_v1_mongodbcommunity_connection_string_secret_namespace.yaml b/config/samples/mongodb.com_v1_mongodbcommunity_connection_string_secret_namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47e55aaae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/samples/mongodb.com_v1_mongodbcommunity_connection_string_secret_namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+apiVersion: mongodbcommunity.mongodb.com/v1
+kind: MongoDBCommunity
+metadata:
+  name: example-mongodb
+spec:
+  members: 3
+  type: ReplicaSet
+  version: "6.0.5"
+  security:
+    authentication:
+      modes: ["SCRAM"]
+  users:
+    - name: my-user
+      db: admin
+      passwordSecretRef: # a reference to the secret that will be used to generate the user's password
+        name: my-user-password
+      roles:
+        - name: clusterAdmin
+          db: admin
+        - name: userAdminAnyDatabase
+          db: admin
+      scramCredentialsSecretName: my-scram
+      connectionStringSecretNamespace: other-namespace
+  additionalMongodConfig:
+    storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.journalCompressor: zlib
+
+# the user credentials will be generated from this secret
+# once the credentials are generated, this secret is no longer required
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: my-user-password
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  password: <your-password-here>
diff --git a/controllers/mongodb_users.go b/controllers/mongodb_users.go
index 058ae43d8..15c4c3d39 100644
--- a/controllers/mongodb_users.go
+++ b/controllers/mongodb_users.go
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ func (r ReplicaSetReconciler) ensureUserResources(mdb mdbv1.MongoDBCommunity) er
 func (r ReplicaSetReconciler) updateConnectionStringSecrets(mdb mdbv1.MongoDBCommunity, clusterDomain string) error {
 	for _, user := range mdb.GetAuthUsers() {
 		secretName := user.ConnectionStringSecretName
+		secretNamespace := user.connectionStringSecretNamespace
 		existingSecret, err := r.client.GetSecret(types.NamespacedName{
 			Name:      secretName,
-			Namespace: mdb.Namespace,
+			Namespace: secretNamespace,
 		})
 		if err != nil && !apiErrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return err
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (r ReplicaSetReconciler) updateConnectionStringSecrets(mdb mdbv1.MongoDBCom
 		pwd := ""
 
 		if user.Database != constants.ExternalDB {
-			secretNamespacedName := types.NamespacedName{Name: user.PasswordSecretName, Namespace: mdb.Namespace}
+			secretNamespacedName := types.NamespacedName{Name: user.PasswordSecretName, Namespace: secretNamespace}
 			pwd, err = secret.ReadKey(r.client, user.PasswordSecretKey, secretNamespacedName)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func (r ReplicaSetReconciler) updateConnectionStringSecrets(mdb mdbv1.MongoDBCom
 
 		connectionStringSecret := secret.Builder().
 			SetName(secretName).
-			SetNamespace(mdb.Namespace).
+			SetNamespace(secretNamespace).
 			SetField("connectionString.standard", mdb.MongoAuthUserURI(user, pwd, clusterDomain)).
 			SetField("connectionString.standardSrv", mdb.MongoAuthUserSRVURI(user, pwd, clusterDomain)).
 			SetField("username", user.Username).