diff --git a/View/CoGrouperLites/fields.inc b/View/CoGrouperLites/fields.inc
index f24db39..ac32dee 100644
--- a/View/CoGrouperLites/fields.inc
+++ b/View/CoGrouperLites/fields.inc
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ print $this->Form->hidden('co_dashboard_widget_id', array('default' => $vv_dwid)
             $attrs['required'] = true;
 
             if ($e) {
-                print $this->Form->input('connPass', $attrs);
+                print $this->Form->password('connPass', $attrs);
 
                 if ($this->Form->isFieldError('connPass')) {
                     print $this->Form->error('connPass');