diff --git a/lnbits/core/models/users.py b/lnbits/core/models/users.py
index cce42ad06..c6d1db012 100644
--- a/lnbits/core/models/users.py
+++ b/lnbits/core/models/users.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from uuid import UUID
 
+from bcrypt import checkpw, gensalt, hashpw
 from fastapi import Query
-from passlib.context import CryptContext
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from lnbits.core.models.misc import SimpleItem
@@ -123,16 +123,18 @@ class Account(BaseModel):
 
     def hash_password(self, password: str) -> str:
         """sets and returns the hashed password"""
-        pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
-        self.password_hash = pwd_context.hash(password)
+        salt = gensalt()
+        hashed_pw = hashpw(password.encode(), salt)
+        if not hashed_pw:
+            raise ValueError("Password hashing failed.")
+        self.password_hash = hashed_pw.decode()
         return self.password_hash
 
     def verify_password(self, password: str) -> bool:
         """returns True if the password matches the hash"""
         if not self.password_hash:
             return False
-        pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
-        return pwd_context.verify(password, self.password_hash)
+        return checkpw(password.encode(), self.password_hash.encode())
 
     def validate_fields(self):
         if self.username and not is_valid_username(self.username):
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 815005616..334b260a8 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -378,6 +378,71 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 tests = ["PyHamcrest (>=2.0.2)", "mypy", "pytest (>=4.6)", "pytest-benchmark", "pytest-cov", "pytest-flake8"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bcrypt"
+version = "4.3.0"
+description = "Modern password hashing for your software and your servers"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
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+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:c5eeac541cefd0bb887a371ef73c62c3cd78535e4887b310626036a7c0a817bb"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:59e1aa0e2cd871b08ca146ed08445038f42ff75968c7ae50d2fdd7860ade2180"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:0042b2e342e9ae3d2ed22727c1262f76cc4f345683b5c1715f0250cf4277294f"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-manylinux_2_28_armv7l.manylinux_2_31_armv7l.whl", hash = "sha256:74a8d21a09f5e025a9a23e7c0fd2c7fe8e7503e4d356c0a2c1486ba010619f09"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0142b2cb84a009f8452c8c5a33ace5e3dfec4159e7735f5afe9a4d50a8ea722d"},
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+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5bd3cca1f2aa5dbcf39e2aa13dd094ea181f48959e1071265de49cc2b82525af"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:335a420cfd63fc5bc27308e929bee231c15c85cc4c496610ffb17923abf7f231"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0e30e5e67aed0187a1764911af023043b4542e70a7461ad20e837e94d23e1d6c"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:3b8d62290ebefd49ee0b3ce7500f5dbdcf13b81402c05f6dafab9a1e1b27212f"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:2ef6630e0ec01376f59a006dc72918b1bf436c3b571b80fa1968d775fa02fe7d"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:7a4be4cbf241afee43f1c3969b9103a41b40bcb3a3f467ab19f891d9bc4642e4"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp313-cp313t-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:5c1949bf259a388863ced887c7861da1df681cb2388645766c89fdfd9004c669"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-macosx_10_12_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:f81b0ed2639568bf14749112298f9e4e2b28853dab50a8b357e31798686a036d"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:864f8f19adbe13b7de11ba15d85d4a428c7e2f344bac110f667676a0ff84924b"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:3e36506d001e93bffe59754397572f21bb5dc7c83f54454c990c74a468cd589e"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:842d08d75d9fe9fb94b18b071090220697f9f184d4547179b60734846461ed59"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_28_armv7l.manylinux_2_31_armv7l.whl", hash = "sha256:7c03296b85cb87db865d91da79bf63d5609284fc0cab9472fdd8367bbd830753"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:62f26585e8b219cdc909b6a0069efc5e4267e25d4a3770a364ac58024f62a761"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_34_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:beeefe437218a65322fbd0069eb437e7c98137e08f22c4660ac2dc795c31f8bb"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:97eea7408db3a5bcce4a55d13245ab3fa566e23b4c67cd227062bb49e26c585d"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:191354ebfe305e84f344c5964c7cd5f924a3bfc5d405c75ad07f232b6dffb49f"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:41261d64150858eeb5ff43c753c4b216991e0ae16614a308a15d909503617732"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:33752b1ba962ee793fa2b6321404bf20011fe45b9afd2a842139de3011898fef"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:50e6e80a4bfd23a25f5c05b90167c19030cf9f87930f7cb2eacb99f45d1c3304"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:67a561c4d9fb9465ec866177e7aebcad08fe23aaf6fbd692a6fab69088abfc51"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp38-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:584027857bc2843772114717a7490a37f68da563b3620f78a849bcb54dc11e62"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-macosx_10_12_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:0d3efb1157edebfd9128e4e46e2ac1a64e0c1fe46fb023158a407c7892b0f8c3"},
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+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:f6746e6fec103fcd509b96bacdfdaa2fbde9a553245dbada284435173a6f1aef"},
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+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:f1e3ffa1365e8702dc48c8b360fef8d7afeca482809c5e45e653af82ccd088c1"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_34_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:3004df1b323d10021fda07a813fd33e0fd57bef0e9a480bb143877f6cba996fe"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:531457e5c839d8caea9b589a1bcfe3756b0547d7814e9ce3d437f17da75c32b0"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:17a854d9a7a476a89dcef6c8bd119ad23e0f82557afbd2c442777a16408e614f"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6fb1fd3ab08c0cbc6826a2e0447610c6f09e983a281b919ed721ad32236b8b23"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-cp39-abi3-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:e965a9c1e9a393b8005031ff52583cedc15b7884fce7deb8b0346388837d6cfe"},
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+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-pp310-pypy310_pp73-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:c950d682f0952bafcceaf709761da0a32a942272fad381081b51096ffa46cea1"},
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+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-pp311-pypy311_pp73-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a839320bf27d474e52ef8cb16449bb2ce0ba03ca9f44daba6d93fa1d8828e48a"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-pp311-pypy311_pp73-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:bdc6a24e754a555d7316fa4774e64c6c3997d27ed2d1964d55920c7c227bc4ce"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-pp311-pypy311_pp73-manylinux_2_34_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:55a935b8e9a1d2def0626c4269db3fcd26728cbff1e84f0341465c31c4ee56d8"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0-pp311-pypy311_pp73-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:57967b7a28d855313a963aaea51bf6df89f833db4320da458e5b3c5ab6d4c938"},
+    {file = "bcrypt-4.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3a3fd2204178b6d2adcf09cb4f6426ffef54762577a7c9b54c159008cb288c18"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+tests = ["pytest (>=3.2.1,!=3.3.0)"]
+typecheck = ["mypy"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bech32"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2539,24 +2604,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "packaging-25.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d443872c98d677bf60f6a1f2f8c1cb748e8fe762d2bf9d3148b5599295b0fc4f"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "passlib"
-version = "1.7.4"
-description = "comprehensive password hashing framework supporting over 30 schemes"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-groups = ["main"]
-files = [
-    {file = "passlib-1.7.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aa6bca462b8d8bda89c70b382f0c298a20b5560af6cbfa2dce410c0a2fb669f1"},
-    {file = "passlib-1.7.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:defd50f72b65c5402ab2c573830a6978e5f202ad0d984793c8dde2c4152ebe04"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-argon2 = ["argon2-cffi (>=18.2.0)"]
-bcrypt = ["bcrypt (>=3.1.0)"]
-build-docs = ["cloud-sptheme (>=1.10.1)", "sphinx (>=1.6)", "sphinxcontrib-fulltoc (>=1.2.0)"]
-totp = ["cryptography"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pathable"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -4500,4 +4547,4 @@ migration = ["psycopg2-binary"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "~3.12 | ~3.11 | ~3.10"
-content-hash = "265fb5ec81a3c703ca7db07dfe206194fbb8616cb6e196d0917f33e6df58753c"
+content-hash = "fa3af3ed915f394529c6a091fb517a641dd0e33c1884c8e483c8f20e59a5ee9c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48b458063..9bb7b4b4e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ pycryptodomex = "3.23.0"
 packaging = "25.0"
 bolt11 = "2.1.1"
 pyjwt = "2.10.1"
-passlib = "1.7.4"
 itsdangerous = "2.2.0"
 fastapi-sso = "0.18.0"
 # needed for boltz, lnurldevice, watchonly extensions
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ pynostr = "^0.6.2"
 python-multipart = "^0.0.20"
 filetype = "^1.2.0"
 nostr-sdk = "^0.42.1"
+bcrypt = "^4.3.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 breez = ["breez-sdk", "breez-sdk-liquid"]