diff --git a/apps/emqx_authn/src/simple_authn/emqx_authn_redis.erl b/apps/emqx_authn/src/simple_authn/emqx_authn_redis.erl
index 6c0839a1b..d0958546d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_authn/src/simple_authn/emqx_authn_redis.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_authn/src/simple_authn/emqx_authn_redis.erl
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ parse_cmd(Cmd) ->
     end.
 
 check_fields(Fields) ->
-    HasPassHash = lists:member("password_hash", Fields),
-    KnownFields = ["password_hash", "salt", "is_superuser"],
+    HasPassHash = lists:member("password_hash", Fields) orelse lists:member("password", Fields),
+    KnownFields = ["password_hash", "password", "salt", "is_superuser"],
     UnknownFields = [F || F <- Fields, not lists:member(F, KnownFields)],
 
     case {HasPassHash, UnknownFields} of