diff --git a/apps/cli/src/tools/generate.command.ts b/apps/cli/src/tools/generate.command.ts
index 4763c6992ed..2bbfb02267b 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/tools/generate.command.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/tools/generate.command.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { StateService } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/abstractions/state.service";
 import { DefaultPassphraseGenerationOptions } from "@bitwarden/common/tools/generator/passphrase";
-import { PasswordGenerationServiceAbstraction } from "@bitwarden/common/tools/generator/password";
+import {
+  DefaultPasswordGenerationOptions,
+  PasswordGenerationServiceAbstraction,
+} from "@bitwarden/common/tools/generator/password";
 import { PasswordGeneratorOptions } from "@bitwarden/common/tools/generator/password/password-generator-options";
 
 import { Response } from "../models/response";
@@ -64,7 +67,10 @@ class Options {
     this.capitalize = CliUtils.convertBooleanOption(passedOptions?.capitalize);
     this.includeNumber = CliUtils.convertBooleanOption(passedOptions?.includeNumber);
     this.ambiguous = CliUtils.convertBooleanOption(passedOptions?.ambiguous);
-    this.length = CliUtils.convertNumberOption(passedOptions?.length, 14);
+    this.length = CliUtils.convertNumberOption(
+      passedOptions?.length,
+      DefaultPasswordGenerationOptions.length,
+    );
     this.type = passedOptions?.passphrase ? "passphrase" : "password";
     this.separator = CliUtils.convertStringOption(
       passedOptions?.separator,
@@ -74,8 +80,14 @@ class Options {
       passedOptions?.words,
       DefaultPassphraseGenerationOptions.numWords,
     );
-    this.minNumber = CliUtils.convertNumberOption(passedOptions?.minNumber, 1);
-    this.minSpecial = CliUtils.convertNumberOption(passedOptions?.minSpecial, 1);
+    this.minNumber = CliUtils.convertNumberOption(
+      passedOptions?.minNumber,
+      DefaultPasswordGenerationOptions.minNumber,
+    );
+    this.minSpecial = CliUtils.convertNumberOption(
+      passedOptions?.minSpecial,
+      DefaultPasswordGenerationOptions.minSpecial,
+    );
 
     if (!this.uppercase && !this.lowercase && !this.special && !this.number) {
       this.lowercase = true;
diff --git a/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation-options.ts b/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation-options.ts
index 55b27e4e7a0..a48eeb77c6e 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation-options.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation-options.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ export const DefaultPasswordGenerationOptions: Partial<PasswordGenerationOptions
   lowercase: true,
   number: true,
   minNumber: 1,
-  special: true,
-  minSpecial: 1,
+  special: false,
+  minSpecial: 0,
 });
diff --git a/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation.service.ts b/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation.service.ts
index 0b37e81fdc1..eb1f08d97e6 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation.service.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/tools/generator/password/password-generation.service.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const DefaultOptions: PasswordGeneratorOptions = {
   lowercase: true,
   minLowercase: 0,
   special: false,
-  minSpecial: 1,
+  minSpecial: 0,
   type: "password",
   numWords: 3,
   wordSeparator: "-",