diff --git a/tests/compose/core/00_create_users.sh b/tests/compose/core/00_create_users.sh
index 3832c03b..0bed6baf 100755
--- a/tests/compose/core/00_create_users.sh
+++ b/tests/compose/core/00_create_users.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ docker compose -f tests/compose/core/docker-compose.yml exec -T admin flask mail
 docker compose -f tests/compose/core/docker-compose.yml exec -T admin flask mailu admin admin mailu.io 'password' --mode=update || exit 1
 docker compose -f tests/compose/core/docker-compose.yml exec -T admin flask mailu user user mailu.io 'password' || exit 1
 docker compose -f tests/compose/core/docker-compose.yml exec -T admin flask mailu user 'user/with/slash' mailu.io 'password' || exit 1
-docker compose -f tests/compose/core/docker-compose.yml exec -T admin flask mailu user 'user_UTF8' mailu.io 'pass%e9word€' || exit 1
+docker compose -f tests/compose/core/docker-compose.yml exec -T admin flask mailu user 'user_UTF8' mailu.io 'pa…ss%e9word€' || exit 1
 echo "User testing successful!"
diff --git a/tests/compose/core/05_connectivity.py b/tests/compose/core/05_connectivity.py
index 6ae62487..44bb4553 100755
--- a/tests/compose/core/05_connectivity.py
+++ b/tests/compose/core/05_connectivity.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import managesieve
 
 SERVER='localhost'
 USERNAME='user_UTF8@mailu.io'
-PASSWORD='pass%e9word€'
+PASSWORD='pa…ss%e9word€'
 #https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/73936
 #SMTPlib does not support UTF8 passwords.
 USERNAME_ASCII='user@mailu.io'