diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SshPrivateKey.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SshPrivateKey.credentials.ts
index 11b166619..e457bd491 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SshPrivateKey.credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/SshPrivateKey.credentials.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export class SshPrivateKey implements ICredentialType {
 			type: 'string',
 			typeOptions: {
 				rows: 4,
-				password: true,
 			},
 			default: '',
 		},
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ export class SshPrivateKey implements ICredentialType {
 			type: 'string',
 			default: '',
 			description: 'Passphase used to create the key, if no passphase was used leave empty',
+			typeOptions: { password: true },
 		},
 	];
 }