diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/osutils/windows.py b/cloudbaseinit/osutils/windows.py
index d8df6b32..8af5507b 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/osutils/windows.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/osutils/windows.py
@@ -994,5 +994,4 @@ class WindowsUtils(base.BaseOSUtils):
                                     decode_output=decode_output, shell=shell)
 
     def get_maximum_password_length(self):
-        # TODO(cpopa): Limit to 14 chars for compatibility with NT?
-        return 14
+        return 20
diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_windows.py b/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_windows.py
index 458641b1..96eab6ad 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_windows.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_windows.py
@@ -1359,4 +1359,4 @@ class TestWindowsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(mock.sentinel.execute_process, result)
 
     def test_get_password_maximum_length(self):
-        self.assertEqual(14, self._winutils.get_maximum_password_length())
+        self.assertEqual(20, self._winutils.get_maximum_password_length())