diff --git a/proto/zitadel/resources/user/v3alpha/authenticator.proto b/proto/zitadel/resources/user/v3alpha/authenticator.proto
index dc8120789..3bab12284 100644
--- a/proto/zitadel/resources/user/v3alpha/authenticator.proto
+++ b/proto/zitadel/resources/user/v3alpha/authenticator.proto
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ message LDAPCredentials {
   ];
   // Password used to login through LDAP.
   string password = 2 [
-    (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200, uri_ref: true},
+    (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200},
     (google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED,
     (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
       min_length: 1;
diff --git a/proto/zitadel/user/v2/idp.proto b/proto/zitadel/user/v2/idp.proto
index 828a035c2..fb13a1a15 100644
--- a/proto/zitadel/user/v2/idp.proto
+++ b/proto/zitadel/user/v2/idp.proto
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ message LDAPCredentials {
     }
   ];
   string password = 2[
-    (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200, uri_ref: true},
+    (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200},
     (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
       description: "Password used to login through LDAP"
       min_length: 1;
diff --git a/proto/zitadel/user/v2beta/idp.proto b/proto/zitadel/user/v2beta/idp.proto
index 237c8de11..edf950588 100644
--- a/proto/zitadel/user/v2beta/idp.proto
+++ b/proto/zitadel/user/v2beta/idp.proto
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ message LDAPCredentials {
     }
   ];
   string password = 2[
-    (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200, uri_ref: true},
+    (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200},
     (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
       description: "Password used to login through LDAP"
       min_length: 1;