diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9391b26017..a22a044ba0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.flipkart.zjsonpatch:zjsonpatch:0.4.14'
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:4.4'
 
+    //Password generation
+    implementation 'org.passay:passay:1.6.3'
+
     //JSON path
     implementation 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.8.0'
     implementation 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.11'
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/UserService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/UserService.java
index 0653948a38..bf2e3e0273 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/UserService.java
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.support.WriteRequest;
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.opensearch.common.Randomness;
 import org.opensearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
@@ -43,6 +46,9 @@
 import org.opensearch.security.securityconf.impl.SecurityDynamicConfiguration;
 import org.opensearch.security.support.ConfigConstants;
 import org.opensearch.security.support.SecurityJsonNode;
+import org.passay.CharacterRule;
+import org.passay.EnglishCharacterData;
+import org.passay.PasswordGenerator;
 
 import static org.opensearch.security.dlic.rest.support.Utils.hash;
 
@@ -204,13 +210,28 @@ private void verifyServiceAccount(SecurityJsonNode securityJsonNode, String acco
     }
 
     /**
-     * This will be swapped in for a real solution once one is decided on.
+     * Use Passay to generate an 8 - 16 character password with 1+ lowercase, 1+ uppercase, 1+ digit, 1+ special character
      *
      * @return A password for a service account.
      */
-    private String generatePassword() {
-        String generatedPassword = "superSecurePassword";
-        return generatedPassword;
+    public static String generatePassword() {
+
+        CharacterRule lowercaseCharacterRule = new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.LowerCase, 1);
+        CharacterRule uppercaseCharacterRule = new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.UpperCase, 1);
+        CharacterRule numericCharacterRule = new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.Digit, 1);
+        CharacterRule specialCharacterRule = new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.Special, 1);
+
+        List<CharacterRule> rules = Arrays.asList(
+            lowercaseCharacterRule,
+            uppercaseCharacterRule,
+            numericCharacterRule,
+            specialCharacterRule
+        );
+        PasswordGenerator passwordGenerator = new PasswordGenerator();
+
+        Random random = Randomness.get();
+
+        return passwordGenerator.generatePassword(random.nextInt(8) + 8, rules);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/UserApiTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/UserApiTest.java
index 707dbe614e..659074f216 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/UserApiTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/UserApiTest.java
@@ -29,10 +29,17 @@
 import org.opensearch.security.support.ConfigConstants;
 import org.opensearch.security.test.helper.file.FileHelper;
 import org.opensearch.security.test.helper.rest.RestHelper.HttpResponse;
+import org.opensearch.security.user.UserService;
+import org.passay.CharacterCharacteristicsRule;
+import org.passay.CharacterRule;
+import org.passay.EnglishCharacterData;
+import org.passay.LengthRule;
+import org.passay.PasswordData;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.opensearch.security.OpenSearchSecurityPlugin.PLUGINS_PREFIX;
 import static org.opensearch.security.dlic.rest.api.InternalUsersApiAction.RESTRICTED_FROM_USERNAME;
 import static org.opensearch.security.support.ConfigConstants.SECURITY_RESTAPI_ADMIN_ENABLED;
@@ -1004,4 +1011,30 @@ public void checkNullElementsInArray() throws Exception {
         Assert.assertEquals(RequestContentValidator.ValidationError.NULL_ARRAY_ELEMENT.message(), settings.get("reason"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGeneratedPasswordContents() {
+        String password = UserService.generatePassword();
+        PasswordData data = new PasswordData(password);
+
+        LengthRule lengthRule = new LengthRule(8, 16);
+
+        CharacterCharacteristicsRule characteristicsRule = new CharacterCharacteristicsRule();
+
+        // Define M (3 in this case)
+        characteristicsRule.setNumberOfCharacteristics(3);
+
+        // Define elements of N (upper, lower, digit, symbol)
+        characteristicsRule.getRules().add(new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.UpperCase, 1));
+        characteristicsRule.getRules().add(new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.LowerCase, 1));
+        characteristicsRule.getRules().add(new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.Digit, 1));
+        characteristicsRule.getRules().add(new CharacterRule(EnglishCharacterData.Special, 1));
+
+        org.passay.PasswordValidator validator = new org.passay.PasswordValidator(lengthRule, characteristicsRule);
+        validator.validate(data);
+
+        String password2 = UserService.generatePassword();
+        PasswordData data2 = new PasswordData(password2);
+        assertNotEquals(password, password2);
+        assertNotEquals(data, data2);
+    }
 }