diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml
index b8e4b1024784..3acd25779e26 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/pom.xml
@@ -588,14 +588,14 @@
                 <docker.database.image>mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:${mssql.version}</docker.database.image>
                 <docker.database.port>1433</docker.database.port>
                 <docker.database.skip>false</docker.database.skip>
-                <docker.database.postStart>/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -e -U sa -P vEry5tron9Pwd -d master -Q CREATE\ DATABASE\ ${keycloak.connectionsJpa.database}</docker.database.postStart>
+                <docker.database.postStart>/opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd -e -U sa -P ${keycloak.connectionsJpa.password} -No -d master -Q CREATE\ DATABASE\ ${keycloak.connectionsJpa.database}</docker.database.postStart>
                 <docker.database.cmd>/bin/sh -c /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr</docker.database.cmd>
                 <docker.database.wait-for-log-regex>Recovery is complete. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.</docker.database.wait-for-log-regex>
                 <keycloak.storage.connections.vendor>mssql</keycloak.storage.connections.vendor>
                 <keycloak.connectionsJpa.driver>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver</keycloak.connectionsJpa.driver>
                 <keycloak.connectionsJpa.database>keycloak</keycloak.connectionsJpa.database>
                 <keycloak.connectionsJpa.user>sa</keycloak.connectionsJpa.user>
-                <keycloak.connectionsJpa.password>vEry5tron9Pwd</keycloak.connectionsJpa.password>
+                <keycloak.connectionsJpa.password>vEry=tron9Pwd</keycloak.connectionsJpa.password>
                 <keycloak.connectionsJpa.url>jdbc:sqlserver://${auth.server.db.host}:${docker.database.port};databaseName=${keycloak.connectionsJpa.database};integratedSecurity=false;encrypt=false;trustServerCertificate=true;sendStringParametersAsUnicode=false;</keycloak.connectionsJpa.url>
                 <!-- JDBC properties point to "default" JDBC driver for the particular DB -->
                 <!-- For EAP testing, it is recommended to override those with system properties pointing to GAV of more appropriate JDBC driver -->
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml
index 2b0db696463c..13357d116891 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/pom.xml
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 
                                             <!-- MSSQL -->
                                             <ACCEPT_EULA>Y</ACCEPT_EULA>
-                                            <SA_PASSWORD>${keycloak.connectionsJpa.password}</SA_PASSWORD>
+                                            <MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD>${keycloak.connectionsJpa.password}</MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD>
 
                                             <!-- Oracle -->
                                             <ORACLE_SID>${keycloak.connectionsJpa.database}</ORACLE_SID>