diff --git a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.component.ts b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.component.ts
index e31cc6209fe..2e4cc18cee8 100644
--- a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.component.ts
+++ b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.component.ts
@@ -115,11 +115,14 @@ export class ChangePasswordComponent implements OnInit {
           throw new Error("userId not found");
         }
 
-        await this.changePasswordService.changePassword(
-          passwordInputResult,
-          this.activeUserId,
-          this.forceSetPasswordReason === ForceSetPasswordReason.AdminForcePasswordReset,
-        );
+        if (this.forceSetPasswordReason === ForceSetPasswordReason.AdminForcePasswordReset) {
+          await this.changePasswordService.changePasswordForAccountRecovery(
+            passwordInputResult,
+            this.activeUserId,
+          );
+        } else {
+          await this.changePasswordService.changePassword(passwordInputResult, this.activeUserId);
+        }
 
         this.toastService.showToast({
           variant: "success",
diff --git a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.service.abstraction.ts b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.service.abstraction.ts
index d11c0412a4a..f3a6363edb5 100644
--- a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.service.abstraction.ts
+++ b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/change-password.service.abstraction.ts
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ export abstract class ChangePasswordService {
    *
    * @param passwordInputResult credentials object received from the `InputPasswordComponent`
    * @param userId the `userId`
-   * @param recoverAccount this is a boolean to know if we need to hit the update-temp-password endpoint instead of the password endpoint
    * @throws if the `userId`, `currentMasterKey`, or `currentServerMasterKeyHash` is not found
    */
-  abstract changePassword(
+  abstract changePassword(passwordInputResult: PasswordInputResult, userId: UserId): Promise<void>;
+
+  abstract changePasswordForAccountRecovery(
     passwordInputResult: PasswordInputResult,
     userId: UserId,
-    recoverAccount?: boolean,
   ): Promise<void>;
 }
diff --git a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.spec.ts b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.spec.ts
index ab993859d70..008e6fcd66b 100644
--- a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.spec.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe("DefaultChangePasswordService", () => {
 
     it("should throw if a userId was not found", async () => {
       // Arrange
-      const userId: null = null;
+      const userId: undefined = undefined;
 
       // Act
       const testFn = sut.changePassword(passwordInputResult, userId);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe("DefaultChangePasswordService", () => {
     it("should throw if a currentMasterKey was not found", async () => {
       // Arrange
       const incorrectPasswordInputResult = { ...passwordInputResult };
-      incorrectPasswordInputResult.currentMasterKey = null;
+      incorrectPasswordInputResult.currentMasterKey = undefined;
 
       // Act
       const testFn = sut.changePassword(incorrectPasswordInputResult, userId);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe("DefaultChangePasswordService", () => {
     it("should throw if a currentServerMasterKeyHash was not found", async () => {
       // Arrange
       const incorrectPasswordInputResult = { ...passwordInputResult };
-      incorrectPasswordInputResult.currentServerMasterKeyHash = null;
+      incorrectPasswordInputResult.currentServerMasterKeyHash = undefined;
 
       // Act
       const testFn = sut.changePassword(incorrectPasswordInputResult, userId);
@@ -174,4 +174,43 @@ describe("DefaultChangePasswordService", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("changePasswordForAccountRecovery()", () => {
+    it("should call the putUpdateTempPassword() API method with the correct UpdateTempPasswordRequest credentials", async () => {
+      // Act
+      await sut.changePasswordForAccountRecovery(passwordInputResult, userId);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(masterPasswordApiService.putUpdateTempPassword).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          newMasterPasswordHash: passwordInputResult.newServerMasterKeyHash,
+          masterPasswordHint: passwordInputResult.newPasswordHint,
+          key: newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey[1].encryptedString,
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should throw an error if user key decryption fails", async () => {
+      // Arrange
+      masterPasswordService.decryptUserKeyWithMasterKey.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+      // Act
+      const testFn = sut.changePasswordForAccountRecovery(passwordInputResult, userId);
+
+      // Assert
+      await expect(testFn).rejects.toThrow("Could not decrypt user key");
+    });
+
+    it("should throw an error if putUpdateTempPassword() fails", async () => {
+      // Arrange
+      masterPasswordApiService.putUpdateTempPassword.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("error"));
+
+      // Act
+      const testFn = sut.changePasswordForAccountRecovery(passwordInputResult, userId);
+
+      // Assert
+      await expect(testFn).rejects.toThrow("Could not change password");
+      expect(masterPasswordApiService.putUpdateTempPassword).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.ts b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.ts
index 0a2b8a3c635..c233047824a 100644
--- a/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.ts
+++ b/libs/auth/src/angular/change-password/default-change-password.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { PasswordInputResult, ChangePasswordService } from "@bitwarden/auth/angular";
+import { ChangePasswordService, PasswordInputResult } from "@bitwarden/auth/angular";
 import { Account } from "@bitwarden/common/auth/abstractions/account.service";
 import { MasterPasswordApiService } from "@bitwarden/common/auth/abstractions/master-password-api.service.abstraction";
 import { PasswordRequest } from "@bitwarden/common/auth/models/request/password.request";
 import { UpdateTempPasswordRequest } from "@bitwarden/common/auth/models/request/update-temp-password.request";
 import { InternalMasterPasswordServiceAbstraction } from "@bitwarden/common/key-management/master-password/abstractions/master-password.service.abstraction";
+import { EncString } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/models/domain/enc-string";
 import { UserId } from "@bitwarden/common/types/guid";
+import { UserKey } from "@bitwarden/common/types/key";
 import { KeyService } from "@bitwarden/key-management";
 
 export class DefaultChangePasswordService implements ChangePasswordService {
@@ -23,11 +25,10 @@ export class DefaultChangePasswordService implements ChangePasswordService {
     throw new Error("rotateUserKeyMasterPasswordAndEncryptedData() is only implemented in Web");
   }
 
-  async changePassword(
+  private async preparePasswordChange(
     passwordInputResult: PasswordInputResult,
     userId: UserId,
-    recoverAccount: boolean = false,
-  ) {
+  ): Promise<[UserKey, EncString]> {
     if (!userId) {
       throw new Error("userId not found");
     }
@@ -44,34 +45,46 @@ export class DefaultChangePasswordService implements ChangePasswordService {
       throw new Error("Could not decrypt user key");
     }
 
-    const newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey = await this.keyService.encryptUserKeyWithMasterKey(
+    return await this.keyService.encryptUserKeyWithMasterKey(
       passwordInputResult.newMasterKey,
       decryptedUserKey,
     );
+  }
 
-    if (recoverAccount) {
-      const request = new UpdateTempPasswordRequest();
-      request.newMasterPasswordHash = passwordInputResult.newServerMasterKeyHash;
-      request.masterPasswordHint = passwordInputResult.newPasswordHint;
-      request.key = newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey[1].encryptedString as string;
+  async changePassword(passwordInputResult: PasswordInputResult, userId: UserId) {
+    const newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey = await this.preparePasswordChange(
+      passwordInputResult,
+      userId,
+    );
 
-      try {
-        await this.masterPasswordApiService.putUpdateTempPassword(request);
-      } catch {
-        throw new Error("Could not change password");
-      }
-    } else {
-      const request = new PasswordRequest();
-      request.masterPasswordHash = passwordInputResult.currentServerMasterKeyHash;
-      request.newMasterPasswordHash = passwordInputResult.newServerMasterKeyHash;
-      request.masterPasswordHint = passwordInputResult.newPasswordHint;
-      request.key = newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey[1].encryptedString as string;
+    const request = new PasswordRequest();
+    request.masterPasswordHash = passwordInputResult.currentServerMasterKeyHash ?? "";
+    request.newMasterPasswordHash = passwordInputResult.newServerMasterKeyHash;
+    request.masterPasswordHint = passwordInputResult.newPasswordHint;
+    request.key = newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey[1].encryptedString as string;
 
-      try {
-        await this.masterPasswordApiService.postPassword(request);
-      } catch {
-        throw new Error("Could not change password");
-      }
+    try {
+      await this.masterPasswordApiService.postPassword(request);
+    } catch {
+      throw new Error("Could not change password");
+    }
+  }
+
+  async changePasswordForAccountRecovery(passwordInputResult: PasswordInputResult, userId: UserId) {
+    const newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey = await this.preparePasswordChange(
+      passwordInputResult,
+      userId,
+    );
+
+    const request = new UpdateTempPasswordRequest();
+    request.newMasterPasswordHash = passwordInputResult.newServerMasterKeyHash;
+    request.masterPasswordHint = passwordInputResult.newPasswordHint;
+    request.key = newMasterKeyEncryptedUserKey[1].encryptedString as string;
+
+    try {
+      await this.masterPasswordApiService.putUpdateTempPassword(request);
+    } catch {
+      throw new Error("Could not change password");
     }
   }
 }