diff --git a/authentik/core/tests/utils.py b/authentik/core/tests/utils.py
index bd67ee909..051667ec7 100644
--- a/authentik/core/tests/utils.py
+++ b/authentik/core/tests/utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def create_test_flow(designation: FlowDesignation = FlowDesignation.STAGE_CONFIG
     )
 
 
-def create_test_admin_user(name: Optional[str] = None) -> User:
+def create_test_admin_user(name: Optional[str] = None, set_password = False) -> User:
     """Generate a test-admin user"""
     uid = generate_id(20) if not name else name
     group = Group.objects.create(name=uid, is_superuser=True)
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def create_test_admin_user(name: Optional[str] = None) -> User:
         name=uid,
         email=f"{uid}@goauthentik.io",
     )
-    user.set_password(uid)
+    if set_password:
+        user.set_password(uid)
     group.users.add(user)
     return user
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_provider_ldap.py b/tests/e2e/test_provider_ldap.py
index 63c5b8b77..2206ab7f2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_provider_ldap.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_provider_ldap.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TestProviderLDAP(SeleniumTestCase):
     def _prepare(self) -> User:
         """prepare user, provider, app and container"""
         # set additionalHeaders to test later
-        user = create_test_admin_user()
+        user = create_test_admin_user(set_password=True)
         user.attributes["extraAttribute"] = "bar"
         user.save()