diff --git a/app/controllers/api/account.php b/app/controllers/api/account.php
index e2282fd98..85d59bd02 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/account.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/account.php
@@ -1706,6 +1706,14 @@ App::patch('/v1/account/phone')
             ->setAttribute('phoneVerification', false) // After this user needs to confirm phone number again
             ->setAttribute('search', implode(' ', [$user->getId(), $user->getAttribute('name', ''), $user->getAttribute('email', ''), $phone]));
 
+        if (empty($passwordUpdate)) {
+            $user
+                ->setAttribute('password', Auth::passwordHash($password, Auth::DEFAULT_ALGO, Auth::DEFAULT_ALGO_OPTIONS))
+                ->setAttribute('hash', Auth::DEFAULT_ALGO)
+                ->setAttribute('hashOptions', Auth::DEFAULT_ALGO_OPTIONS)
+                ->setAttribute('passwordUpdate', DateTime::now());
+        }
+
         try {
             $user = $dbForProject->withRequestTimestamp($requestTimestamp, fn () => $dbForProject->updateDocument('users', $user->getId(), $user));
         } catch (Duplicate $th) {