diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/openethereum/openethereum-test-ledger.ts b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/openethereum/openethereum-test-ledger.ts
index f7bf1bf17d7..fe0b86e46ab 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/openethereum/openethereum-test-ledger.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/openethereum/openethereum-test-ledger.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export class OpenEthereumTestLedger {
    */
   public async newEthPersonalAccount(
     seedMoney = 10e8,
-    password = "test",
+    password: string,
   ): Promise<string> {
     const account = await this.web3.eth.personal.newAccount(password);