diff --git a/tomcat/defaults/main.yml b/tomcat/defaults/main.yml
index 04c7d12..d59f00a 100644
--- a/tomcat/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tomcat/defaults/main.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tomcat_ajp_address: 127.0.0.1
 # Disable the shutdown port by default
 #tomcat_shutdown_port: 8005
 tomcat_shutdown_port: -1
-tomcat_shutdown_pwd: "{{ lookup('password', '/tmp/passwordfile chars=ascii_letters,digits,hexdigits') }}"
+tomcat_shutdown_pwd: "{{ lookup('password', '/tmp/passwordfile chars=ascii_letters,digits') }}"
 tomcat_restart_timeout: 300
 tomcat_catalina_home_dir: '/usr/share/tomcat{{ tomcat_version }}'
 tomcat_catalina_base_dir: '/var/lib/tomcat{{ tomcat_version }}'
@@ -102,3 +102,4 @@ tomcat_install_jdbc: False
 tomcat_install_pg_jdbc: '{{ tomcat_install_jdbc }}'
 # Not used yet
 tomcat_install_mysql_jdbc: False
+