diff --git a/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json
index 34f2a9deb4..b5b98fc915 100644
--- a/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json
+++ b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
     "passwordValidation-invalid": "Passwords have to be the same",
     "validatePassword": "Please validate password here"
   },
+  "password": {
+    "set-password-successful": "Password is set successful"
+  },
   "help": {
     "usernameHelpText": "Unique name of the user.",
     "displayNameHelpText": "Display name of the user.",
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/components/SetUserPassword.js b/scm-ui/src/users/components/SetUserPassword.js
index d47336bdef..0ceab52878 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/components/SetUserPassword.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/components/SetUserPassword.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 // @flow
 import React from "react";
 import type { User } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
-import { InputField, SubmitButton } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import {
+  InputField,
+  SubmitButton,
+  Notification
+} from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import * as userValidator from "./userValidation";
 import { translate } from "react-i18next";
+import { updatePassword } from "./updatePassword";
 
 type Props = {
   user: User,
@@ -15,7 +20,9 @@ type State = {
   loading: boolean,
   passwordValidationError: boolean,
   validatePasswordError: boolean,
-  validatePassword: string
+  validatePassword: string,
+  error?: Error,
+  passwordChanged: boolean
 };
 
 class SetUserPassword extends React.Component<Props, State> {
@@ -27,7 +34,8 @@ class SetUserPassword extends React.Component<Props, State> {
       loading: false,
       passwordValidationError: false,
       validatePasswordError: false,
-      validatePassword: ""
+      validatePassword: "",
+      passwordChanged: false
     };
   }
 
@@ -38,22 +46,57 @@ class SetUserPassword extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   };
 
   submit = (event: Event) => {
+    //TODO: set loading
     event.preventDefault();
     if (this.isValid()) {
-      //TODO:hier update pw!
+      const { user } = this.props;
+      const { password } = this.state;
+      updatePassword(user._links.password.href, password)
+        .then(result => {
+          if (result.error || result.status !== 204) {
+            this.setState({
+              ...this.state,
+              error: result.error,
+              loading: false
+            });
+          } else {
+            this.setState({
+              ...this.state,
+              loading: false,
+              passwordChanged: true,
+              password: "",
+              validatePassword: ""
+            });
+          }
+        })
+        .catch(err => {});
     }
   };
 
   render() {
     const { user, t } = this.props;
-    const { loading } = this.state;
+    const { loading, passwordChanged } = this.state;
+
+    let passwordChangedSuccessful = null;
+
+    if (passwordChanged) {
+      passwordChangedSuccessful = (
+        <Notification
+          type={"success"}
+          children={t("password.set-password-successful")}
+          onClose={() => this.onClose()}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+
     return (
       <form onSubmit={this.submit}>
+        {passwordChangedSuccessful}
         <InputField
           label={t("user.password")}
           type="password"
           onChange={this.handlePasswordChange}
-          value={user ? user.password : ""}
+          value={this.state.password ? this.state.password : ""}
           validationError={this.state.validatePasswordError}
           errorMessage={t("validation.password-invalid")}
           helpText={t("help.passwordHelpText")}
@@ -102,6 +145,13 @@ class SetUserPassword extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   checkPasswords = (password1: string, password2: string) => {
     return password1 === password2;
   };
+
+  onClose = () => {
+    this.setState({
+      ...this.state,
+      passwordChanged: false
+    });
+  };
 }
 
 export default translate("users")(SetUserPassword);
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/components/updatePassword.js b/scm-ui/src/users/components/updatePassword.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb5adfaf2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/components/updatePassword.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//@flow
+import { apiClient } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+const CONTENT_TYPE_USER = "application/vnd.scmm-passwordOverwrite+json;v=2";
+
+export function updatePassword(url: string, password: string) {
+  return apiClient
+    .put(url, { newPassword: password }, CONTENT_TYPE_USER)
+    .then(response => {
+      return {
+        status: response.status
+      };
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      return { error: err };
+    });
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/components/updatePassword.test.js b/scm-ui/src/users/components/updatePassword.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5762406b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/components/updatePassword.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//@flow
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
+import { updatePassword } from "./updatePassword";
+
+describe("get content type", () => {
+  const PASSWORD_URL = "/users/testuser/password";
+  const password = "testpw123";
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fetchMock.reset();
+    fetchMock.restore();
+  });
+
+  it("should update password", done => {
+
+    fetchMock.put("/api/v2" + PASSWORD_URL, 204);
+
+    updatePassword(PASSWORD_URL, password).then(content => {
+
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});