diff --git a/src/app/self-service/users/user.service.ts b/src/app/self-service/users/user.service.ts
index d9567d1b1..aa9a870b6 100644
--- a/src/app/self-service/users/user.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/self-service/users/user.service.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class UserService {
    */
   changePassword(userId: string, passwordObj: any) {
 
-    return this.http.put(`/self/user/${userId}`, passwordObj);
+    return this.http.put(`/users/${userId}`, passwordObj);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/change-password-dialog/change-password-dialog.component.ts b/src/app/shared/change-password-dialog/change-password-dialog.component.ts
index 9390df613..1e2a08a2c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/change-password-dialog/change-password-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/change-password-dialog/change-password-dialog.component.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class ChangePasswordDialogComponent implements OnInit {
   /** Change Password form */
   createChangePasswordForm() {
     this.changePasswordForm = this.formBuilder.group({
-      'password': ['', [Validators.required, Validators.pattern('^(?=.*?[A-Z])(?=.*?[a-z])(?=.*?[0-9])(?=.*[$@$!%*?&])[A-Za-z\d$@$!%*?&].{8,}$'), Validators.maxLength(50), Validators.minLength(8)]],
+      'password': ['', [Validators.required, Validators.pattern('^(?=.*?[A-Z])(?=.*?[a-z])(?=.*?[0-9])(?=.*[#$@$!%*?&])[A-Za-z\d#$@$!%*?&].{8,}$'), Validators.maxLength(50), Validators.minLength(8)]],
       'repeatPassword': ['', [Validators.required, this.confirmPassword('password')]]
     });
   }