diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-generated-server_certs_key_passphrase-60cba4653109992c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-generated-server_certs_key_passphrase-60cba4653109992c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f22b91305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-generated-server_certs_key_passphrase-60cba4653109992c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - The passphrase for config option 'server_certs_key_passphrase', is used as
+    a Fernet key in Octavia and thus must be 32 bytes long. TripleO will now
+    auto-generate 32 bytes long passphrase for OctaviaServerCertsKeyPassphrase.
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diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/utils/test_passwords.py b/tripleo_common/tests/utils/test_passwords.py
index 5efaf977b..a04586bbc 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/utils/test_passwords.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/utils/test_passwords.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class TestPasswords(base.TestCase):
 
         self.assertNotEqual(value['KeystoneCredential0'],
                             value['KeystoneCredential1'])
+        self.assertEqual(len(value['OctaviaServerCertsKeyPassphrase']), 32)
 
     def test_create_ssh_keypair(self):
 
diff --git a/tripleo_common/utils/passwords.py b/tripleo_common/utils/passwords.py
index 415312902..ef22de4a7 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/utils/passwords.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/utils/passwords.py
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ def generate_passwords(mistralclient=None, stack_env=None):
         elif name.startswith("HeatAuthEncryptionKey"):
             passwords[name] = passutils.generate_password(
                 size=32)
+        elif name.startswith("OctaviaServerCertsKeyPassphrase"):
+            passwords[name] = passutils.generate_password(
+                size=32)
         else:
             passwords[name] = passutils.generate_password(
                 size=_MIN_PASSWORD_SIZE)