diff --git a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-02.yaml b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-02.yaml
index 05475bd12..7cdd4c79c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-02.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-02.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
     users:
       user2/profile: default
       user2/quota: default
-      user2/password: qwerty
+      user2/password: needs<Xml&escaping # test for xml-special characters
       user2/networks/ip: "::/0"
     settings:
       dictionaries_config: config.d/dict_*.xml
diff --git a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-03.yaml b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-03.yaml
index 246554a50..878bcb380 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-03.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-03.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
     users:
       user2/profile: default
       user2/quota: default
-      user2/password: qwerty
+      user2/password: needs<Xml&escaping # test for xml-special characters
       user2/networks/ip: "::/0"
     settings:
       dictionaries_config: config.d/dict_*.xml
diff --git a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-04.yaml b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-04.yaml
index 84347e5da..6b221e841 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-04.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-04.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
     users:
       user2/profile: default
       user2/quota: default
-      user2/password: qwerty
+      user2/password: needs<Xml&escaping # test for xml-special characters
       user2/networks/ip: "::/0"
     settings:
       dictionaries_config: config.d/dict_*.xml
diff --git a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-05.yaml b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-05.yaml
index d8754a344..2633b727b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-05.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-05.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
     users:
       user2/profile: default
       user2/quota: default
-      user2/password: qwerty
+      user2/password: needs<Xml&escaping # test for xml-special characters
       user2/networks/ip: "::/0"
     settings:
       dictionaries_config: config.d/dict_*.xml
diff --git a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-06.yaml b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-06.yaml
index e42be7739..03edbe12a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-06.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/manifests/chi/test-016-settings-06.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
     users:
       user2/profile: default
       user2/quota: default
-      user2/password: qwerty
+      user2/password: needs<Xml&escaping # test for xml-special characters
       user2/networks/ip: "::/0"
     settings:
       macros/layer: "03"