diff --git a/lib/IdPAccountManager/Tools.pm b/lib/IdPAccountManager/Tools.pm
index 82368f21fb88256b21a076ef9e470551713adbe6..9587f6ed0f21c7c2f4d7c74b9e98e3702936c3b0 100644
--- a/lib/IdPAccountManager/Tools.pm
+++ b/lib/IdPAccountManager/Tools.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sub generate_password {
         '{,        }',        '[',        ']',
         '.',        '=',        '-',        '#'
     );
-    foreach (6 .. $length_of_randomstring) {
+    foreach (5 .. $length_of_randomstring) {
 
         # rand @chars will generate a random
         # number between 0 and scalar @chars