diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/users/noble.yml b/roles/base/tasks/users/noble.yml
index 4e26350..21770dc 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/users/noble.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/users/noble.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     groups: adm,ansible,wheel
     state: present
     comment: "Oscar Pocock"
-    password: "{{ noble_passwd }}"
+    password: "{{ noble_passwd|password_hash('sha512') }}"
     shell: /bin/bash
 
 - name: users | noble | create config directories