diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/bisq/cli/PasswordCallCredentials.java b/cli/src/main/java/bisq/cli/PasswordCallCredentials.java
index dd7d8b92214..3a03a8a0680 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/bisq/cli/PasswordCallCredentials.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/bisq/cli/PasswordCallCredentials.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class PasswordCallCredentials extends CallCredentials {
     public PasswordCallCredentials(String passwordValue) {
         if (passwordValue == null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("'%s' header value must not be null", PASSWORD_KEY));
-        this.passwordValue = passwordValue.replace("\"", "");
+        this.passwordValue = passwordValue;
     }
 
     @Override