diff --git a/packages/app-cli/createUsers.sh b/packages/app-cli/createUsers.sh
index 6eb733cef9..dd3eeb10e3 100755
--- a/packages/app-cli/createUsers.sh
+++ b/packages/app-cli/createUsers.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ while [ "$NUM" -lt 400 ]; do
 	echo "config keychain.supported 0" >> "$CMD_FILE" 
 	echo "config sync.target 10" >> "$CMD_FILE" 
 	echo "config sync.10.username $USER_EMAIL" >> "$CMD_FILE" 
-	echo "config sync.10.password hunter1hunter2hunter3" >> "$CMD_FILE"
+	echo "config sync.10.password 111111" >> "$CMD_FILE"
 	echo "sync" >> "$CMD_FILE"
 
 	yarn start --profile "$PROFILE_DIR" batch "$CMD_FILE"
diff --git a/packages/app-cli/tools/populateDatabase.ts b/packages/app-cli/tools/populateDatabase.ts
index 2a4ddab282..9a8420dc68 100644
--- a/packages/app-cli/tools/populateDatabase.ts
+++ b/packages/app-cli/tools/populateDatabase.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const processUser = async (userNum: number) => {
 
 	try {
 		const userEmail = `user${userNum}@example.com`;
-		const userPassword = 'hunter1hunter2hunter3';
+		const userPassword = '111111';
 		const commandFile = `${tempDir}/populateDatabase-${userNum}.txt`;
 		const profileDir = `${homedir()}/.config/joplindev-populate/joplindev-testing-${userNum}`;
 
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh b/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh
index 106d047266..be59ffd154 100755
--- a/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ do
 		echo "config sync.target 10" >> "$CMD_FILE" 
 		# echo "config sync.10.path http://api.joplincloud.local:22300" >> "$CMD_FILE" 
 		echo "config sync.10.username $USER_EMAIL" >> "$CMD_FILE" 
-		echo "config sync.10.password hunter1hunter2hunter3" >> "$CMD_FILE"
+		echo "config sync.10.password 111111" >> "$CMD_FILE"
 	
 	elif [[ $CMD == "e2ee" ]]; then
 	
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/root.tsx b/packages/app-mobile/root.tsx
index 0b58754473..5e6d3d226e 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/root.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/root.tsx
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ async function initialize(dispatch: Function) {
 
 			// Setting.setValue('sync.target', 10);
 			// Setting.setValue('sync.10.username', 'user1@example.com');
-			// Setting.setValue('sync.10.password', 'hunter1hunter2hunter3');
+			// Setting.setValue('sync.10.password', '111111');
 		}
 
 		if (Setting.value('db.ftsEnabled') === -1) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/models/BaseModel.ts b/packages/server/src/models/BaseModel.ts
index 00c80d4da0..625f63504c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/models/BaseModel.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/models/BaseModel.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import uuidgen from '../utils/uuidgen';
 import { ErrorUnprocessableEntity, ErrorBadRequest } from '../utils/errors';
 import { Models, NewModelFactoryHandler } from './factory';
 import * as EventEmitter from 'events';
-import { Config } from '../utils/types';
+import { Config, Env } from '../utils/types';
 import personalizedUserContentBaseUrl from '@joplin/lib/services/joplinServer/personalizedUserContentBaseUrl';
 import Logger from '@joplin/lib/Logger';
 import dbuuid from '../utils/dbuuid';
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ export default abstract class BaseModel<T> {
 		return this.config_.userContentBaseUrl;
 	}
 
+	protected get env(): Env {
+		return this.config_.env;
+	}
+
 	protected personalizedUserContentBaseUrl(userId: Uuid): string {
 		return personalizedUserContentBaseUrl(userId, this.baseUrl, this.userContentBaseUrl);
 	}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/models/UserModel.ts b/packages/server/src/models/UserModel.ts
index 7f14378746..3062587bc0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/models/UserModel.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/models/UserModel.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import changeEmailConfirmationTemplate from '../views/emails/changeEmailConfirma
 import changeEmailNotificationTemplate from '../views/emails/changeEmailNotificationTemplate';
 import { NotificationKey } from './NotificationModel';
 import prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes');
+import { Env } from '../utils/types';
 
 const logger = Logger.create('UserModel');
 
@@ -237,6 +238,8 @@ export default class UserModel extends BaseModel<User> {
 	}
 
 	private validatePassword(password: string) {
+		if (this.env === Env.Dev) return;
+
 		const result = zxcvbn(password);
 		if (result.score < 3) {
 			let msg: string[] = [result.feedback.warning];
diff --git a/packages/server/src/routes/admin/users.test.ts b/packages/server/src/routes/admin/users.test.ts
index c2b445a0c6..9debd78f18 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/routes/admin/users.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/routes/admin/users.test.ts
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ describe('admin/users', function() {
 		await patchUser(session.id, {
 			id: user.id,
 			email: 'changed@example.com',
-			password: 'hunter11hunter22hunter33',
-			password2: 'hunter11hunter22hunter33',
+			password: '111111',
+			password2: '111111',
 		}, '/admin/users/me');
 
 		const sessions = await models().session().all();
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tools/debugTools.ts b/packages/server/src/tools/debugTools.ts
index 9865d5b35a..bab87a426d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tools/debugTools.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tools/debugTools.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export async function createTestUsers(db: DbConnection, config: Config, options:
 		...options,
 	};
 
-	const password = 'hunter1hunter2hunter3';
+	const password = '111111';
 
 	const models = newModelFactory(db, config);