diff --git a/meta-hardening/recipes-core/images/harden-image-minimal.bb b/meta-hardening/recipes-core/images/harden-image-minimal.bb
index 38771cd..4366961 100644
--- a/meta-hardening/recipes-core/images/harden-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta-hardening/recipes-core/images/harden-image-minimal.bb
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT ?= "myadmin"
 DEFAULT_ADMIN_GROUP ?= "wheel"
 DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD ?= "1SimplePw!"
 
-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISABLE_ROOT', 'True', "usermod -L root;", "usermod -P '${ROOT_DEFAULT_PASSWORD}' root;", d)}"
+EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISABLE_ROOT', 'True', "usermod -L root;", "usermod -p '${ROOT_DEFAULT_PASSWORD}' root;", d)}"
 
 EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS:append = " useradd  ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT};" 
 EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS:append = " groupadd  ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_GROUP};" 
-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS:append = " usermod -P '${DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD}' ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT};" 
+EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS:append = " usermod -p '${DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD}' ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT};" 
 EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS:append = " usermod -aG ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_GROUP}  ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_ACCOUNT};"