diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7700fd8d..d0dbb23e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-FROM node:7-alpine
+FROM node:8.7.0-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src
 
 COPY package.json /usr/src/package.json
-RUN npm install --production
+
+RUN apk --update add --no-cache --virtual \
+      .build-deps make g++ python && \
+    npm install --production && \
+    apk del .build-deps
 
 COPY dist/server /usr/src/server
 COPY dist/shared /usr/src/shared
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 083b5763..1290afd1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ services:
       - ./test:/usr/src/test
       - ./dist/server:/usr/src/server
       - ./dist/shared:/usr/src/shared
-      - ./node_modules:/usr/src/node_modules
       - ./config.template.yml:/etc/authelia/config.yml:ro
     networks:
       - example-network
diff --git a/example/ldap/access.rules b/example/ldap/access.rules
index 125b4ce9..8762639e 100644
--- a/example/ldap/access.rules
+++ b/example/ldap/access.rules
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ olcAccess: {0}to attrs=userPassword,shadowLastChange by self write by anonymou
  s auth by * none 
 # olcAccess: {1}to dn.base="" by * read 
 # olcAccess: {2}to * by * read 
+
+olcPasswordHash: {CRYPT}
+olcPasswordCryptSaltFormat: $6$rounds=50000$%.16s
diff --git a/example/ldap/base.ldif b/example/ldap/base.ldif
index 50f65ee9..3136eb89 100644
--- a/example/ldap/base.ldif
+++ b/example/ldap/base.ldif
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ objectclass: inetOrgPerson
 objectclass: top
 mail: john.doe@authelia.com
 sn: John Doe
-userpassword: {SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=
+userpassword: {CRYPT}$6$rounds=500000$jgiCMRyGXzoqpxS3$w2pJeZnnH8bwW3zzvoMWtTRfQYsHbWbD/hquuQ5vUeIyl9gdwBIt6RWk2S6afBA0DPakbeWgD/4SZPiS0hYtU/
 
 dn: cn=harry,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
 cn: harry
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ objectclass: inetOrgPerson
 objectclass: top
 mail: harry.potter@authelia.com
 sn: Harry Potter
-userpassword: {SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=
+userpassword: {CRYPT}$6$rounds=500000$jgiCMRyGXzoqpxS3$w2pJeZnnH8bwW3zzvoMWtTRfQYsHbWbD/hquuQ5vUeIyl9gdwBIt6RWk2S6afBA0DPakbeWgD/4SZPiS0hYtU/
 
 dn: cn=bob,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
 cn: bob
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ objectclass: inetOrgPerson
 objectclass: top
 mail: bob.dylan@authelia.com
 sn: Bob Dylan
-userpassword: {SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=
+userpassword: {CRYPT}$6$rounds=500000$jgiCMRyGXzoqpxS3$w2pJeZnnH8bwW3zzvoMWtTRfQYsHbWbD/hquuQ5vUeIyl9gdwBIt6RWk2S6afBA0DPakbeWgD/4SZPiS0hYtU/
 
 dn: cn=james,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
 cn: james
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ objectclass: inetOrgPerson
 objectclass: top
 mail: james.dean@authelia.com
 sn: James Dean
-userpassword: {SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=
+userpassword: {CRYPT}$6$rounds=500000$jgiCMRyGXzoqpxS3$w2pJeZnnH8bwW3zzvoMWtTRfQYsHbWbD/hquuQ5vUeIyl9gdwBIt6RWk2S6afBA0DPakbeWgD/4SZPiS0hYtU/
 
 dn: cn=blackhat,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
 cn: blackhat
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ objectclass: inetOrgPerson
 objectclass: top
 mail: billy.blackhat@authelia.com
 sn: Billy BlackHat
-userpassword: {SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=
+userpassword: {CRYPT}$6$rounds=500000$jgiCMRyGXzoqpxS3$w2pJeZnnH8bwW3zzvoMWtTRfQYsHbWbD/hquuQ5vUeIyl9gdwBIt6RWk2S6afBA0DPakbeWgD/4SZPiS0hYtU/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cdcd6fd7..36fa2d78 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "bluebird": "3.5.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "connect-redis": "^3.3.0",
-    "dovehash": "0.0.5",
+    "crypt3": "^1.0.0",
     "ejs": "^2.5.5",
     "express": "^4.14.0",
     "express-request-id": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 429cc857..286da1fc 100755
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const yamlContent = YAML.load(configurationFilepath);
 
 const deps: GlobalDependencies = {
   u2f: require("u2f"),
-  dovehash: require("dovehash"),
   ldapjs: require("ldapjs"),
   session: require("express-session"),
   winston: require("winston"),
diff --git a/server/src/lib/IdentityCheckMiddleware.ts b/server/src/lib/IdentityCheckMiddleware.ts
index 17f39b33..8f017524 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/IdentityCheckMiddleware.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/IdentityCheckMiddleware.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import Exceptions = require("./Exceptions");
 import fs = require("fs");
 import ejs = require("ejs");
 import { IUserDataStore } from "./storage/IUserDataStore";
-import { Winston } from "../../types/Dependencies";
 import express = require("express");
 import ErrorReplies = require("./ErrorReplies");
 import AuthenticationSessionHandler = require("./AuthenticationSession");
diff --git a/server/src/lib/ServerVariablesInitializer.ts b/server/src/lib/ServerVariablesInitializer.ts
index 37c76330..7f60adcc 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/ServerVariablesInitializer.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/ServerVariablesInitializer.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ export class ServerVariablesInitializer {
     const mailSenderBuilder = new MailSenderBuilder(Nodemailer);
     const notifier = NotifierFactory.build(config.notifier, mailSenderBuilder);
     const ldapClientFactory = new LdapClientFactory(config.ldap, deps.ldapjs);
-    const clientFactory = new ClientFactory(config.ldap, ldapClientFactory, deps.dovehash, deps.winston);
+    const clientFactory = new ClientFactory(config.ldap, ldapClientFactory,
+      deps.winston);
 
     const ldapAuthenticator = new Authenticator(config.ldap, clientFactory);
     const ldapPasswordUpdater = new PasswordUpdater(config.ldap, clientFactory);
@@ -97,5 +98,5 @@ export class ServerVariablesInitializer {
         };
         return BluebirdPromise.resolve(variables);
       });
-    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/lib/ldap/Client.ts b/server/src/lib/ldap/Client.ts
index e71a82d0..5744a49c 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/ldap/Client.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/ldap/Client.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-
-import util = require("util");
 import BluebirdPromise = require("bluebird");
 import exceptions = require("../Exceptions");
-import Dovehash = require("dovehash");
-
 import { EventEmitter } from "events";
 import { IClient, GroupsAndEmails } from "./IClient";
 import { ILdapClient } from "./ILdapClient";
@@ -11,20 +7,18 @@ import { ILdapClientFactory } from "./ILdapClientFactory";
 import { LdapConfiguration } from "../configuration/Configuration";
 import { Winston } from "../../../types/Dependencies";
 import Util = require("util");
-
+import { HashGenerator } from "../utils/HashGenerator";
 
 export class Client implements IClient {
   private userDN: string;
   private password: string;
   private ldapClient: ILdapClient;
   private logger: Winston;
-  private dovehash: typeof Dovehash;
   private options: LdapConfiguration;
 
   constructor(userDN: string, password: string, options: LdapConfiguration,
-    ldapClientFactory: ILdapClientFactory, dovehash: typeof Dovehash, logger: Winston) {
+    ldapClientFactory: ILdapClientFactory, logger: Winston) {
     this.options = options;
-    this.dovehash = dovehash;
     this.logger = logger;
     this.userDN = userDN;
     this.password = password;
@@ -128,18 +122,22 @@ export class Client implements IClient {
 
   modifyPassword(username: string, newPassword: string): BluebirdPromise<void> {
     const that = this;
-    const encodedPassword = this.dovehash.encode("SSHA", newPassword);
-    const change = {
-      operation: "replace",
-      modification: {
-        userPassword: encodedPassword
-      }
-    };
-
     this.logger.debug("LDAP: update password of user '%s'", username);
     return this.searchUserDn(username)
       .then(function (userDN: string) {
-        that.ldapClient.modifyAsync(userDN, change);
+        return BluebirdPromise.join(
+          HashGenerator.ssha512(newPassword),
+          BluebirdPromise.resolve(userDN));
+      })
+      .then(function (res: string[]) {
+        const change = {
+          operation: "replace",
+          modification: {
+            userPassword: res[0]
+          }
+        };
+        that.logger.debug("Password new='%s'", change.modification.userPassword);
+        return that.ldapClient.modifyAsync(res[1], change);
       })
       .then(function () {
         return that.ldapClient.unbindAsync();
diff --git a/server/src/lib/ldap/ClientFactory.ts b/server/src/lib/ldap/ClientFactory.ts
index 2f2b9217..bbef51da 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/ldap/ClientFactory.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/ldap/ClientFactory.ts
@@ -4,27 +4,24 @@ import { Client } from "./Client";
 import { SanitizedClient } from "./SanitizedClient";
 import { ILdapClientFactory } from "./ILdapClientFactory";
 import { LdapConfiguration } from "../configuration/Configuration";
-
 import Ldapjs = require("ldapjs");
-import Dovehash = require("dovehash");
 import Winston = require("winston");
 
 export class ClientFactory implements IClientFactory {
   private config: LdapConfiguration;
   private ldapClientFactory: ILdapClientFactory;
-  private dovehash: typeof Dovehash;
   private logger: typeof Winston;
 
-  constructor(ldapConfiguration: LdapConfiguration, ldapClientFactory: ILdapClientFactory,
-    dovehash: typeof Dovehash, logger: typeof Winston) {
+  constructor(ldapConfiguration: LdapConfiguration,
+    ldapClientFactory: ILdapClientFactory,
+    logger: typeof Winston) {
     this.config = ldapConfiguration;
     this.ldapClientFactory = ldapClientFactory;
-    this.dovehash = dovehash;
     this.logger = logger;
   }
 
   create(userDN: string, password: string): IClient {
-    return new SanitizedClient(new Client(userDN, password, this.config, this.ldapClientFactory,
-      this.dovehash, this.logger));
+    return new SanitizedClient(new Client(userDN, password,
+      this.config, this.ldapClientFactory, this.logger));
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/lib/utils/HashGenerator.ts b/server/src/lib/utils/HashGenerator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..410b522f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/lib/utils/HashGenerator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import BluebirdPromise = require("bluebird");
+import RandomString = require("randomstring");
+import Util = require("util");
+const crypt = require("crypt3");
+
+export class HashGenerator {
+  static ssha512(password: string, salt?: string): BluebirdPromise<string> {
+    const rounds = 500000;
+    const saltSize = 16;
+    // $6 means SHA512
+    const _salt = Util.format("$6$rounds=%d$%s", rounds,
+      (salt) ? salt : RandomString.generate(16));
+
+    const cryptAsync = BluebirdPromise.promisify<string, string, string>(crypt);
+
+    return cryptAsync(password, _salt)
+      .then(function (hash: string) {
+        return BluebirdPromise.resolve(Util.format("{CRYPT}%s", hash));
+      });
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/test/ServerConfiguration.test.ts b/server/test/ServerConfiguration.test.ts
index bc7f705b..2b8ac0a8 100644
--- a/server/test/ServerConfiguration.test.ts
+++ b/server/test/ServerConfiguration.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import winston = require("winston");
 import speakeasy = require("speakeasy");
 import u2f = require("u2f");
 import session = require("express-session");
-
 import { AppConfiguration, UserConfiguration } from "../src/lib/configuration/Configuration";
 import { GlobalDependencies } from "../types/Dependencies";
 import Server from "../src/lib/Server";
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ describe("test server configuration", function () {
         })
       },
       session: sessionMock as any,
-      ConnectRedis: Sinon.spy(),
-      dovehash: Sinon.spy() as any
+      ConnectRedis: Sinon.spy()
     };
   });
 
diff --git a/server/test/SessionConfigurationBuilder.test.ts b/server/test/SessionConfigurationBuilder.test.ts
index 6273382f..4318747c 100644
--- a/server/test/SessionConfigurationBuilder.test.ts
+++ b/server/test/SessionConfigurationBuilder.test.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ describe("test session configuration builder", function () {
       session: Sinon.spy() as any,
       speakeasy: Sinon.spy() as any,
       u2f: Sinon.spy() as any,
-      winston: Sinon.spy() as any,
-      dovehash: Sinon.spy() as any
+      winston: Sinon.spy() as any
     };
 
     const options = SessionConfigurationBuilder.build(configuration, deps);
@@ -144,8 +143,7 @@ describe("test session configuration builder", function () {
       session: Sinon.spy() as any,
       speakeasy: Sinon.spy() as any,
       u2f: Sinon.spy() as any,
-      winston: Sinon.spy() as any,
-      dovehash: Sinon.spy() as any
+      winston: Sinon.spy() as any
     };
 
     const options = SessionConfigurationBuilder.build(configuration, deps);
diff --git a/server/test/ldap/Client.test.ts b/server/test/ldap/Client.test.ts
index d2f9c4b1..bdf6b6cb 100644
--- a/server/test/ldap/Client.test.ts
+++ b/server/test/ldap/Client.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { LdapClientStub } from "../mocks/ldap/LdapClientStub";
 import Sinon = require("sinon");
 import BluebirdPromise = require("bluebird");
 import Assert = require("assert");
-import Dovehash = require("dovehash");
 import Winston = require("winston");
 
 describe("test authelia ldap client", function () {
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ describe("test authelia ldap client", function () {
     ldapClient.searchAsyncStub.returns(BluebirdPromise.resolve([{
       cn: "group1"
     }]));
-    const client = new Client(ADMIN_USER_DN, ADMIN_PASSWORD, options, factory, Dovehash, Winston);
+    const client = new Client(ADMIN_USER_DN, ADMIN_PASSWORD, options, factory, Winston);
 
     return client.searchGroups("user1")
       .then(function () {
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ describe("test authelia ldap client", function () {
       cn: "group1"
     }]));
 
-    const client = new Client(ADMIN_USER_DN, ADMIN_PASSWORD, options, factory, Dovehash, Winston);
+    const client = new Client(ADMIN_USER_DN, ADMIN_PASSWORD, options, factory, Winston);
 
     return client.searchGroups("user1")
       .then(function (groups: string[]) {
diff --git a/server/test/ldap/PasswordUpdater.test.ts b/server/test/ldap/PasswordUpdater.test.ts
index 634b22f1..aa875284 100644
--- a/server/test/ldap/PasswordUpdater.test.ts
+++ b/server/test/ldap/PasswordUpdater.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-
-import { PasswordUpdater } from "../../src/lib/ldap/PasswordUpdater";
-import { LdapConfiguration } from "../../src/lib/configuration/Configuration";
-
 import Sinon = require("sinon");
 import BluebirdPromise = require("bluebird");
 import Assert = require("assert");
-
+import { PasswordUpdater } from "../../src/lib/ldap/PasswordUpdater";
+import { LdapConfiguration } from "../../src/lib/configuration/Configuration";
 import { ClientFactoryStub } from "../mocks/ldap/ClientFactoryStub";
 import { ClientStub } from "../mocks/ldap/ClientStub";
+import { HashGenerator } from "../../src/lib/utils/HashGenerator";
 
 describe("test password update", function () {
   const USERNAME = "username";
@@ -18,10 +16,9 @@ describe("test password update", function () {
 
   let clientFactoryStub: ClientFactoryStub;
   let adminClientStub: ClientStub;
-
   let passwordUpdater: PasswordUpdater;
   let ldapConfig: LdapConfiguration;
-  let dovehash: any;
+  let ssha512HashGenerator: Sinon.SinonStub;
 
   beforeEach(function () {
     clientFactoryStub = new ClientFactoryStub();
@@ -39,19 +36,20 @@ describe("test password update", function () {
       users_filter: "cn={0}"
     };
 
-    dovehash = {
-      encode: Sinon.stub()
-    };
-
+    ssha512HashGenerator = Sinon.stub(HashGenerator, "ssha512");
     passwordUpdater = new PasswordUpdater(ldapConfig, clientFactoryStub);
   });
 
+  afterEach(function () {
+    ssha512HashGenerator.restore();
+  });
+
   describe("success", function () {
     it("should update the password successfully", function () {
       clientFactoryStub.createStub.withArgs(ADMIN_USER_DN, ADMIN_PASSWORD)
         .returns(adminClientStub);
 
-      dovehash.encode.returns("{SSHA}AQmxaKfobGY9HSQa6aDYkAWOgPGNhGYn");
+      ssha512HashGenerator.returns("{CRYPT}$6$abcdefghijklm$AQmxaKfobGY9HSQa6aDYkAWOgPGNhGYn");
       adminClientStub.modifyPasswordStub.withArgs(USERNAME, NEW_PASSWORD).returns(BluebirdPromise.resolve());
       adminClientStub.openStub.returns(BluebirdPromise.resolve());
       adminClientStub.closeStub.returns(BluebirdPromise.resolve());
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ describe("test password update", function () {
       clientFactoryStub.createStub.withArgs(ADMIN_USER_DN, ADMIN_PASSWORD)
         .returns(adminClientStub);
 
-      dovehash.encode.returns("{SSHA}AQmxaKfobGY9HSQa6aDYkAWOgPGNhGYn");
+      ssha512HashGenerator.returns("{CRYPT}$6$abcdefghijklm$AQmxaKfobGY9HSQa6aDYkAWOgPGNhGYn");
       adminClientStub.modifyPasswordStub.withArgs(USERNAME, NEW_PASSWORD)
         .returns(BluebirdPromise.reject(new Error("Error while updating password")));
       adminClientStub.openStub.returns(BluebirdPromise.resolve());
diff --git a/server/test/server/PrivatePages.ts b/server/test/server/PrivatePages.ts
index a4421160..18af2147 100644
--- a/server/test/server/PrivatePages.ts
+++ b/server/test/server/PrivatePages.ts
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ describe("Private pages of the server must not be accessible without session", f
       session: ExpressSession,
       winston: Winston,
       speakeasy: speakeasy,
-      ConnectRedis: Sinon.spy(),
-      dovehash: Sinon.spy() as any
+      ConnectRedis: Sinon.spy()
     };
 
     server = new Server(deps);
diff --git a/server/test/server/PublicPages.ts b/server/test/server/PublicPages.ts
index 12e4cc32..cefd414a 100644
--- a/server/test/server/PublicPages.ts
+++ b/server/test/server/PublicPages.ts
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ describe("Public pages of the server must be accessible without session", functi
       session: ExpressSession,
       winston: Winston,
       speakeasy: speakeasy,
-      ConnectRedis: Sinon.spy(),
-      dovehash: Sinon.spy() as any
+      ConnectRedis: Sinon.spy()
     };
 
     server = new Server(deps);
diff --git a/server/test/utils/HashGenerator.test.ts b/server/test/utils/HashGenerator.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1637c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/test/utils/HashGenerator.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import Assert = require("assert");
+import { HashGenerator } from "../../src/lib/utils/HashGenerator";
+
+describe("test HashGenerator", function () {
+  it("should compute correct ssha512 (password)", function () {
+    return HashGenerator.ssha512("password", "jgiCMRyGXzoqpxS3")
+      .then(function (hash: string) {
+        Assert.equal(hash, "{CRYPT}$6$rounds=500000$jgiCMRyGXzoqpxS3$w2pJeZnnH8bwW3zzvoMWtTRfQYsHbWbD/hquuQ5vUeIyl9gdwBIt6RWk2S6afBA0DPakbeWgD/4SZPiS0hYtU/");
+      });
+  });
+
+  it("should compute correct ssha512 (test)", function () {
+    return HashGenerator.ssha512("test", "abcdefghijklmnop")
+      .then(function (hash: string) {
+        Assert.equal(hash, "{CRYPT}$6$rounds=500000$abcdefghijklmnop$sTlNGf0VO/HTQIOXemmaBbV28HUch/qhWOA1/4dsDj6CDQYhUgXbYSPL6gccAsWMr2zD5fFWwhKmPdG.yxphs.");
+      });
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/types/Dependencies.ts b/server/types/Dependencies.ts
index 0eda3614..47c5454a 100644
--- a/server/types/Dependencies.ts
+++ b/server/types/Dependencies.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import nedb = require("nedb");
 import ldapjs = require("ldapjs");
 import u2f = require("u2f");
 import RedisSession = require("connect-redis");
-import dovehash = require("dovehash");
 
-export type Dovehash = typeof dovehash;
 export type Speakeasy = typeof speakeasy;
 export type Winston = typeof winston;
 export type Session = typeof session;
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ export type ConnectRedis = typeof RedisSession;
 
 export interface GlobalDependencies {
     u2f: U2f;
-    dovehash: Dovehash;
     ldapjs: Ldapjs;
     session: Session;
     ConnectRedis: ConnectRedis;