To update a user's password using the Kratos admin API, you can use the

password

method as part of the

methods

payload in the Settings Flow. Here is an example of how to do this:

bash curl -s -X GET \    -H "Authorization: Bearer $sessionToken" \    -H "Accept: application/json" \    <https://playground.projects.oryapis.com/self-service/settings/api> | jq -r '.ui.nodes[] | select(.group=="password")'

This will return a JSON object with the

password

group. You can then update the password by providing a new password in the

password

field. Please note that if the password is a protected field, the Ory Session must not be older than the configured

privileged_session_max_age

value. If the Ory Session is older than the specified amount, the user is prompted to re-authenticate. For more information, you can refer to the [Ory Kratos documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-service/flows/user-settings#update-password).