diff --git a/spec/requests/hosts_spec.rb b/spec/requests/hosts_spec.rb
index 9a720ac17f..36fe4e2323 100644
--- a/spec/requests/hosts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/hosts_spec.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 
       verify_options = {
         "authentications" => {
-          "default" => {"userid" => "root", "password" => "abc123"}
+          "default" => {"userid" => "root", "password" => ManageIQ::Password.encrypt("abc123")}
         }
       }