diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 933da72..559bf1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Which is based on [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 
 ### Changed
 
+- feat: remove default value for mariadb_password
 - test: replace kitchen to molecule
 
 ## [v2.0.0] - 2019-06-05
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b276faa..2474b9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Install and configure MariaDB
 | mariadb_use_official_repository | bool  | no       | true   | use the official repository            |
 | mariadb_branch                  | str   | no       | 10.3   | the branch version to install          |
 | mariadb_user                    | str   | no       | root   | login to connect on mariadb            |
-| mariadb_password                | str   | no       | secret | password to connect on mariadb         |
+| mariadb_password                | str   | yes      |        | password to connect on mariadb         |
 | mariadb_master                  | bool  | no       | false  | the server is master                   |
 | mariadb_autorestart             | bool  | no       | false  | restart mariadb when the config change |
 | mariadb_users                   | array | no       |        | the users to manage                    |
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 6f86c32..7056411 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ mariadb_repository: |
 mariadb_repository_key_id: '0xF1656F24C74CD1D8'
 mariadb_repository_key_server: keyserver.ubuntu.com
 mariadb_user: root
-mariadb_password: secret
 mariadb_master: no
 mariadb_autorestart: no
 mariadb_users: []
diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index dfde097..250fd21 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - name: Converge
   hosts: all
   vars:
+    mariadb_password: secret
     mariadb_autorestart: yes
     mariadb_master: yes
     mariadb_config: