diff --git a/images/macos/templates/macOS-12.anka.pkr.hcl b/images/macos/templates/macOS-12.anka.pkr.hcl
index 200946859..eb1fff11b 100644
--- a/images/macos/templates/macOS-12.anka.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/macos/templates/macOS-12.anka.pkr.hcl
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ source "null" "template" {
   ssh_host = "${var.source_vm_name}"
   ssh_port = "${var.source_vm_port}"
   ssh_username = "${var.vm_username}"
-  ssh_private_key_file = "${var.vm_password}"
+  ssh_password = "${var.vm_password}"
   ssh_proxy_host = "${var.socks_proxy}"
 }
 
diff --git a/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.anka.pkr.hcl b/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.anka.pkr.hcl
index 5a358df12..7d003d3ec 100644
--- a/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.anka.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.anka.pkr.hcl
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ source "null" "template" {
   ssh_host = "${var.source_vm_name}"
   ssh_port = "${var.source_vm_port}"
   ssh_username = "${var.vm_username}"
-  ssh_private_key_file = "${var.vm_password}"
+  ssh_password = "${var.vm_password}"
   ssh_proxy_host = "${var.socks_proxy}"
 }
 
diff --git a/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl b/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl
index 7f91b8c19..abfd0996f 100644
--- a/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/macos/templates/macOS-13.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ source "null" "template" {
   ssh_host = "${var.source_vm_name}"
   ssh_port = "${var.source_vm_port}"
   ssh_username = "${var.vm_username}"
-  ssh_private_key_file = "${var.vm_password}"
+  ssh_password = "${var.vm_password}"
   ssh_proxy_host = "${var.socks_proxy}"
 }
 
diff --git a/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.anka.pkr.hcl b/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.anka.pkr.hcl
index a772f7269..1dc266035 100644
--- a/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.anka.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.anka.pkr.hcl
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ source "null" "template" {
   ssh_host = "${var.source_vm_name}"
   ssh_port = "${var.source_vm_port}"
   ssh_username = "${var.vm_username}"
-  ssh_private_key_file = "${var.vm_password}"
+  ssh_password = "${var.vm_password}"
   ssh_proxy_host = "${var.socks_proxy}"
 }
 
diff --git a/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl b/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl
index 65e4edbbc..547c56706 100644
--- a/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl
+++ b/images/macos/templates/macOS-14.arm64.anka.pkr.hcl
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ source "null" "template" {
   ssh_host = "${var.source_vm_name}"
   ssh_port = "${var.source_vm_port}"
   ssh_username = "${var.vm_username}"
-  ssh_private_key_file = "${var.vm_password}"
+  ssh_password = "${var.vm_password}"
   ssh_proxy_host = "${var.socks_proxy}"
 }