diff --git a/tests/external-signed-ca-with-automatic-copy/external-ca.sh b/tests/external-signed-ca-with-automatic-copy/external-ca.sh
index 9bf6f1cc..de5fcecc 100644
--- a/tests/external-signed-ca-with-automatic-copy/external-ca.sh
+++ b/tests/external-signed-ca-with-automatic-copy/external-ca.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ -z "$master" ]; then
     exit 0;
 fi
 
-PASSWORD="SomeCApassword"
+PASSWORD="SomeCApassword.123"
 DBDIR="${master}-nssdb"
 PWDFILE="$DBDIR/pwdfile.txt"
 NOISE="$DBDIR/noise.txt"