diff --git a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch.py b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch.py
index 0f9cef9413..86e7d4b7b7 100644
--- a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch.py
+++ b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from test_workflow.integ_test.distribution import Distribution
 from test_workflow.integ_test.distributions import Distributions
 from test_workflow.integ_test.service import Service
+from test_workflow.integ_test.utils import get_password
 
 
 class ServiceOpenSearch(Service):
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ def __init__(
         self.dist = Distributions.get_distribution("opensearch", distribution, version, work_dir)
         self.dependency_installer = dependency_installer
         self.install_dir = self.dist.install_dir
-        self.password = 'myStrongPassword123!' if float('.'.join(self.version.split('.')[:2])) >= 2.12 else 'admin'
 
     def start(self) -> None:
         self.dist.install(self.download())
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def url(self, path: str = "") -> str:
     def get_service_response(self) -> Response:
         url = self.url("/_cluster/health")
         logging.info(f"Pinging {url}")
-        return requests.get(url, verify=False, auth=("admin", self.password))
+        return requests.get(url, verify=False, auth=("admin", get_password(self.version)))
 
     def __add_plugin_specific_config(self, additional_config: dict) -> None:
         with open(self.opensearch_yml_path, "a") as yamlfile:
diff --git a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch_dashboards.py b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch_dashboards.py
index 0180b0ae54..4acf116ee9 100644
--- a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch_dashboards.py
+++ b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/service_opensearch_dashboards.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from test_workflow.integ_test.distribution import Distribution
 from test_workflow.integ_test.distributions import Distributions
 from test_workflow.integ_test.service import Service
+from test_workflow.integ_test.utils import get_password
 
 
 class ServiceOpenSearchDashboards(Service):
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ def url(self, path: str = "") -> str:
     def get_service_response(self) -> Response:
         url = self.url("/api/status")
         logging.info(f"Pinging {url}")
-        return requests.get(url, verify=False, auth=("admin", "admin") if self.security_enabled else None)
+        return requests.get(url, verify=False, auth=("admin", get_password(self.version)) if self.security_enabled else None)
 
     def __add_plugin_specific_config(self, additional_config: dict) -> None:
         with open(self.opensearch_dashboards_yml_path, "a") as yamlfile:
diff --git a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/utils.py b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..737e0abb51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+
+import semver
+
+
+def get_password(version: str) -> str:
+    # Starting in 2.12.0, demo configuration setup script requires a strong password
+    if semver.compare(version, '2.12.0') != -1:
+        return "myStrongPassword123!"
+    else:
+        return "admin"
diff --git a/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_utils.py b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..907e7306b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+
+import unittest
+
+from test_workflow.integ_test.utils import get_password
+
+
+class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_strong_password(self) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual("admin", get_password("2.11.1"))
+        self.assertEqual("myStrongPassword123!", get_password("3.0.0"))