diff --git a/kustomize/components/clairpgupgrade/base/clair-pg-old.deployment.yaml b/kustomize/components/clairpgupgrade/base/clair-pg-old.deployment.yaml
index c2b9caa9a..d98d9d814 100644
--- a/kustomize/components/clairpgupgrade/base/clair-pg-old.deployment.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/components/clairpgupgrade/base/clair-pg-old.deployment.yaml
@@ -66,13 +66,12 @@ spec:
                     sleep 2;
                   done;
                   echo \"Using password: \\\"$POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD\\\"\"; 
-
                   if [ \"\$(cat /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled)\" -eq 1 ]; then
                     echo 'password_encryption = scram-sha-256' >> $PGDATA/postgresql.conf;
                     echo 'host all all 0.0.0.0/0 scram-sha-256' >> $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf;
                     pg_ctl reload;
                     psql -c \"ALTER SYSTEM SET password_encryption TO 'scram-sha-256';\";
                     psql -c \"SELECT pg_reload_conf();\";
-                    psql -c \"ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'postgres';\";
+                    psql -c \"ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD '$POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD';\";
                   fi
                 "]
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