diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-fleet-user-add b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-fleet-user-add
index 747e8a780..8bba73853 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-fleet-user-add
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-fleet-user-add
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Reset New User Password to user supplied password
-echo "$USER_PW" | so-fleet-user-update "$USER_EMAIL"
+echo "$USER_PASS" | so-fleet-user-update "$USER_EMAIL"
 
 # Disable forced password reset
 MYSQL_OUTPUT=$(docker exec so-mysql mysql -u root --password=$MYSQL_PW fleet -e \