diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 5e5905e..e9df488 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
       keycloak_bcrypt_version:
         description: Keycloak BCrypt version
         required: true
-        default: 1.5.0
+        default: 1.5.1
 
 name: Docker
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 300a985..aeb1c78 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "com.github.leroyguillaume"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.5.1"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/leroyguillaume/keycloak/bcrypt/BCryptPasswordHashProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/github/leroyguillaume/keycloak/bcrypt/BCryptPasswordHashProvider.java
index 6962a0f..312a441 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/leroyguillaume/keycloak/bcrypt/BCryptPasswordHashProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/leroyguillaume/keycloak/bcrypt/BCryptPasswordHashProvider.java
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ public PasswordCredentialModel encodedCredential(final String rawPassword, final
     @Override
     public String encode(final String rawPassword, final int iterations) {
         final int cost = iterations == -1 ? defaultIterations : iterations;
-        final byte[] hash = BCrypt.with(BCrypt.Version.VERSION_2Y).hashToString(cost, rawPassword.toCharArray())
-                .getBytes();
-        return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(hash);
+        return BCrypt.with(BCrypt.Version.VERSION_2Y).hashToString(cost, rawPassword.toCharArray());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -50,11 +48,8 @@ public void close() {
 
     @Override
     public boolean verify(final String rawPassword, final PasswordCredentialModel credential) {
-        final String base64EncodedHash = credential.getPasswordSecretData().getValue();
-        final String base64DecodedHash = new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(base64EncodedHash));
-
-        return BCrypt.verifyer(BCrypt.Version.VERSION_2Y)
-                .verify(rawPassword.toCharArray(), base64DecodedHash.toCharArray())
-                .verified;
+        final String hash = credential.getPasswordSecretData().getValue();
+        final BCrypt.Result verifier = BCrypt.verifyer().verify(rawPassword.toCharArray(), hash.toCharArray());
+        return verifier.verified;
     }
 }