diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/schema/002-create-admin-user.sql b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/schema/002-create-admin-user.sql
index 6425bf6ba..47eebd248 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/schema/002-create-admin-user.sql
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/schema/002-create-admin-user.sql
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 -- Create default user "guacadmin" with password "guacadmin"
 INSERT INTO guacamole_user (username, password_hash, password_salt, password_date)
 VALUES ('guacadmin',
-    E'\\xCA458A7D494E3BE824F5E1E175A1556C0F8EEF2C2D7DF3633BEC4A29C4411960',  -- 'guacadmin'
-    E'\\xFE24ADC5E11E2B25288D1704ABE67A79E342ECC26064CE69C5B3177795A82264',
+    decode('CA458A7D494E3BE824F5E1E175A1556C0F8EEF2C2D7DF3633BEC4A29C4411960', 'hex'),  -- 'guacadmin'
+    decode('FE24ADC5E11E2B25288D1704ABE67A79E342ECC26064CE69C5B3177795A82264', 'hex'),
     CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);
 
 -- Grant this user all system permissions