diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/758_fix_nxos_user.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/758_fix_nxos_user.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84e28f704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/758_fix_nxos_user.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - nxos_user - fix Salt (6->8 as supported by Cisco NX-OS) chars
diff --git a/plugins/modules/nxos_user.py b/plugins/modules/nxos_user.py
index d3e847359..93d52d213 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/nxos_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/nxos_user.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def main():
 
     # check if provided hashed password is infact a hash
     if module.params["hashed_password"] is not None:
-        if not re.match(r"^\$5\$......\$.*$", module.params["hashed_password"]):
+        if not re.match(r"^\$5\$........\$.*$", module.params["hashed_password"]):
             module.fail_json(msg="Provided hash is not valid")
 
     if commands:
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_user.py b/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_user.py
index ba0d43756..773e8ca2a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_user.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_user.py
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ def test_nxos_hashed_password(self):
         set_module_args(
             dict(
                 name="ansible",
-                hashed_password="$5$JFHICC$u.zXRUgprAkkYLiEns8VrhsNEIOj7FzVrn67tuJdtKB",
+                hashed_password="$5$VVJFHICC$u.zXRUgprAkkYLiEns8VrhsNEIOj7FzVrn67tuJdtKB",
             ),
         )
         self.execute_module(
             changed=True,
             commands=[
                 "username ansible",
-                "username ansible password 5 $5$JFHICC$u.zXRUgprAkkYLiEns8VrhsNEIOj7FzVrn67tuJdtKB",
+                "username ansible password 5 $5$VVJFHICC$u.zXRUgprAkkYLiEns8VrhsNEIOj7FzVrn67tuJdtKB",
             ],
         )