diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a2a6390..ae73e8d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 - name: "DOVECOT | Install Dovecot packages"
   when: dovecot_enabled | default(false)
   ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: "{{ ['dovecot-core', 'dovecot-imapd', 'dovecot-pop3d'] + (['dovecot-lmtpd'] if dovecot_postfix_lmtp_enable | default(false) else []) }}"
+    name: "{{ ['dovecot-core', 'dovecot-imapd', 'dovecot-pop3d', 'openssl'] + (['dovecot-lmtpd'] if dovecot_postfix_lmtp_enable | default(false) else []) }}"
     state: present
   tags:
     - dovecot_install
@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@
   tags:
     - dovecot_config
 
+- name: "DOVECOT | Generate user password hashes"
+  when: dovecot_enabled | default(false) and dovecot_users | length > 0
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: "openssl passwd -6 -salt {{ dovecot_token_value | quote }} {{ (dovecot_token_value + item.pass) | quote }}"
+  loop: "{{ dovecot_users }}"
+  register: dovecot_user_hashes
+  changed_when: false
+  vars:
+    dovecot_token_value: "{{ dovecot_token_file['content'] | b64decode | trim }}"
+  tags:
+    - dovecot_config
+
 - name: "DOVECOT | Create users password file"
   when: dovecot_enabled | default(false)
   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/templates/dovecot-users.j2 b/templates/dovecot-users.j2
index ac90e0a..1f6db51 100644
--- a/templates/dovecot-users.j2
+++ b/templates/dovecot-users.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Dovecot users file
 # Ansible managed: {{ ansible_managed }}
 # user:{scheme}hash:uid:gid:gecos:home:shell:extra_fields
-{% for user in dovecot_users %}
-{{ user.name }}:{SHA512-CRYPT}{{ (dovecot_token_value + user.pass) | password_hash('sha512', dovecot_token_value) }}::::::
+{% if dovecot_user_hashes.results is defined %}
+{% for res in dovecot_user_hashes.results %}
+{{ res.item.name }}:{SHA512-CRYPT}{{ res.stdout | trim }}::::::
 {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
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