diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/values.yaml
index b1d8a0a..7509cb3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/values.yaml
@@ -137,9 +137,24 @@
   credsPath: /opt/app/osaaf/local
   fqi_namespace: org.onap.aai-resources
   aaf_add_config: |
-    echo "*** writing passwords into prop file"
-    echo "KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=${cadi_keystore_password_p12}" > {{ .Values.credsPath }}/mycreds.prop
-    echo "TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=${cadi_truststore_password}" >> {{ .Values.credsPath }}/mycreds.prop
+    echo "*** changing them into shell safe ones"
+    export KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=$(tr -cd '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | fold -w64 | head -n1)
+    export TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=$(tr -cd '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | fold -w64 | head -n1)
+    cd {{ .Values.credsPath }}
+    keytool -storepasswd -new "${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
+      -storepass "${cadi_keystore_password_p12}" \
+      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.p12
+    keytool -storepasswd -new "${TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
+      -storepass "${cadi_truststore_password}" \
+      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.trust.jks
+    echo "*** set key password as same password as keystore password"
+    keytool -keypasswd -new "${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
+      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.p12 \
+      -keypass "${cadi_keystore_password_p12}" \
+      -storepass "${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" -alias {{ .Values.fqi }}
+    echo "*** save the generated passwords"
+    echo "KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" > mycreds.prop
+    echo "TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=${TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD}" >> mycreds.prop
     echo "*** change ownership of certificates to targeted user"
     chown -R 1000 {{ .Values.credsPath }}
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-traversal/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-traversal/values.yaml
index 8a063c2..253f9b9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-traversal/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-traversal/values.yaml
@@ -123,9 +123,24 @@
   credsPath: /opt/app/osaaf/local
   fqi_namespace: org.onap.aai-traversal
   aaf_add_config: |
-    echo "*** writing passwords into prop file"
-    echo "KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=${cadi_keystore_password_p12}" > {{ .Values.credsPath }}/mycreds.prop
-    echo "TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=${cadi_truststore_password}" >> {{ .Values.credsPath }}/mycreds.prop
+    echo "*** changing them into shell safe ones"
+    export KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=$(tr -cd '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | fold -w64 | head -n1)
+    export TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=$(tr -cd '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | fold -w64 | head -n1)
+    cd {{ .Values.credsPath }}
+    keytool -storepasswd -new "${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
+      -storepass "${cadi_keystore_password_p12}" \
+      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.p12
+    keytool -storepasswd -new "${TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
+      -storepass "${cadi_truststore_password}" \
+      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.trust.jks
+    echo "*** set key password as same password as keystore password"
+    keytool -keypasswd -new "${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
+      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.p12 \
+      -keypass "${cadi_keystore_password_p12}" \
+      -storepass "${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" -alias {{ .Values.fqi }}
+    echo "*** save the generated passwords"
+    echo "KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" > mycreds.prop
+    echo "TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=${TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD}" >> mycreds.prop
     echo "*** change ownership of certificates to targeted user"
     chown -R 1000 {{ .Values.credsPath }}