diff --git a/bin/manage_users b/bin/manage_users
index 7cce97266..8356ab03a 100755
--- a/bin/manage_users
+++ b/bin/manage_users
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ const options = {
 	reset: resetUser,
 };
 
-// Perform commandline-parsing
-const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));
+// Perform commandline-parsing and always treat 'pass' argument as string
+const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {string: ["pass"]});
 
 const keys = Object.keys(options);
 const opts = keys.filter((key) => argv[key] !== undefined);
diff --git a/public/docs/release-notes.md b/public/docs/release-notes.md
index 8d0af33eb..038133d5f 100644
--- a/public/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/public/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - Fix error that Libravatar user avatars were not shown when using OAuth2 login
+- Fix `bin/manage_users` not accepting numeric passwords (thanks to [@carr0t2](https://github.com/carr0t2) for reporting)
 
 ### Enhancements
 - Libravatar avatars render as ident-icons when no avatar image was uploaded to Libravatar or Gravatar