diff --git a/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl b/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl
index ad4703b..7993a3f 100644
--- a/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 hcloud_token             = "dummy"
-build_password_encrypted = "dummy"
+build_password           = "dummy"
diff --git a/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl b/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl
index 521a612..6974fbd 100644
--- a/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ lang ${vm_guest_os_language}
 keyboard ${vm_guest_os_keyboard}
 
 ### Set initial root password
-rootpw --iscrypted ${build_password_encrypted}
+rootpw ${build_password}
 
 ### Configure firewall settings for the system.
 ### --enabled	reject incoming connections that are not in response to outbound requests
diff --git a/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl b/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl
index 69c8ac8..8ab4331 100644
--- a/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ packer {
 
 locals {
   data_source_content = templatefile("${abspath(path.root)}/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl", {
-    build_password_encrypted        = var.build_password_encrypted
+    build_password                  = var.build_password
     vm_guest_os_language            = var.vm_guest_os_language
     vm_guest_os_keyboard            = var.vm_guest_os_keyboard
     vm_guest_os_timezone            = var.vm_guest_os_timezone
diff --git a/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl b/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl
index 25cb1ec..9ff5ef8 100644
--- a/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -54,13 +54,12 @@ variable "vm_guest_os_timezone" {
 }
 
 // Communicator Settings and Credentials
-variable "build_password_encrypted" {
+variable "build_password" {
   type        = string
-  description = "The encrypted password to login the guest operating system."
+  description = "The password to login the guest operating system."
   sensitive   = true
 }
 
-// Provisioner Settings
 variable "build_scripts" {
   type        = list(string)
   description = "A list of scripts and their relative paths to transfer and execute."