diff --git a/public/apps/apps-constants.tsx b/public/apps/apps-constants.tsx
index 657966520..e79ab5e7a 100644
--- a/public/apps/apps-constants.tsx
+++ b/public/apps/apps-constants.tsx
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ export const GENERIC_ERROR_INSTRUCTION =
 export const PASSWORD_INSTRUCTION =
   'Password should be at least 8 characters long and contain at least one uppercase ' +
   'letter, one lowercase letter, one digit, and one special character.';
+
+export const PASSWORD_VALIDATION_REGEX = '(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[^a-zA-Z\\d])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z]).{8,}';
diff --git a/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/internal-user-edit.tsx b/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/internal-user-edit.tsx
index f93ef0407..22699aa6a 100644
--- a/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/internal-user-edit.tsx
+++ b/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/internal-user-edit.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   EuiTitle,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { BreadcrumbsPageDependencies } from '../../../types';
 import { InternalUserUpdate, ResourceType } from '../../types';
 import { getUserDetail, updateUser } from '../../utils/internal-user-detail-utils';
@@ -64,13 +65,17 @@ const TITLE_TEXT_DICT = {
 export function InternalUserEdit(props: InternalUserEditDeps) {
   const [userName, setUserName] = useState<string>('');
   const [password, setPassword] = useState<string>('');
-  const [isPasswordInvalid, setIsPasswordInvalid] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [isPasswordInvalid, setIsPasswordInvalid] = React.useState<boolean>(
+    props.action === 'edit' ? false : true
+  );
   const [attributes, setAttributes] = useState<UserAttributeStateClass[]>([]);
   const [backendRoles, setBackendRoles] = useState<string[]>([]);
 
   const [toasts, addToast, removeToast] = useToastState();
 
-  const [isFormValid, setIsFormValid] = useState<boolean>(true);
+  const [isUsernameValid, setIsUsernameValid] = useState<boolean>(
+    props.action === 'create' ? true : false
+  );
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const action = props.action;
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ export function InternalUserEdit(props: InternalUserEditDeps) {
             resourceType="user"
             action={props.action}
             setNameState={setUserName}
-            setIsFormValid={setIsFormValid}
+            setIsFormValid={setIsUsernameValid}
           />
           <PasswordEditPanel
             coreStart={props.coreStart}
@@ -186,7 +191,16 @@ export function InternalUserEdit(props: InternalUserEditDeps) {
           </EuiButton>
         </EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-          <EuiButton id="submit" fill onClick={updateUserHandler} disabled={!isFormValid}>
+          <EuiButton
+            id="submit"
+            fill
+            onClick={updateUserHandler}
+            disabled={
+              (props.action === 'create' && (!isUsernameValid || isPasswordInvalid)) ||
+              (props.action === 'edit' && password !== '' && isPasswordInvalid) ||
+              (props.action === 'duplicate' && isPasswordInvalid)
+            }
+          >
             {props.action === 'edit' ? 'Save changes' : 'Create'}
           </EuiButton>
         </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/test/internal-user-edit.test.tsx b/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/test/internal-user-edit.test.tsx
index d8d5efc5d..fab9802ac 100644
--- a/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/test/internal-user-edit.test.tsx
+++ b/public/apps/configuration/panels/internal-user-edit/test/internal-user-edit.test.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  */
 
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import { act, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect';
 import React from 'react';
 import { InternalUserUpdate } from '../../../types';
 import { getUserDetail, updateUser } from '../../../utils/internal-user-detail-utils';
@@ -144,4 +147,60 @@ describe('Internal user edit', () => {
     expect(createErrorToast).toBeCalled();
     expect(updateUser).toBeCalledTimes(0);
   });
+
+  it('Create button should be disabled if no password or username on create', async () => {
+    const action = 'create';
+    useState.mockImplementation((initialValue) => [initialValue, setState]);
+
+    render(
+      <InternalUserEdit
+        action={action}
+        buildBreadcrumbs={buildBreadcrumbs}
+        coreStart={mockCoreStart as any}
+        navigation={{} as any}
+        params={{} as any}
+        config={{} as any}
+      />
+    );
+    // Button is disabled since there is no username and password on create
+    expect(screen.getByText('Create').closest('button')).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it('Save changes button should be enabled if no password on edit', async () => {
+    const action = 'edit';
+    useState.mockImplementation((initialValue) => [initialValue, setState]);
+
+    render(
+      <InternalUserEdit
+        action={action}
+        sourceUserName={sampleUsername}
+        buildBreadcrumbs={buildBreadcrumbs}
+        coreStart={mockCoreStart as any}
+        navigation={{} as any}
+        params={{} as any}
+        config={{} as any}
+      />
+    );
+    // Button is enabled since the page is on edit
+    expect(screen.getByText('Save changes').closest('button')).not.toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it('Duplicate button should be disabled if no password on duplicate', async () => {
+    const action = 'duplicate';
+    useState.mockImplementation((initialValue) => [initialValue, setState]);
+
+    render(
+      <InternalUserEdit
+        action={action}
+        sourceUserName={sampleUsername}
+        buildBreadcrumbs={buildBreadcrumbs}
+        coreStart={mockCoreStart as any}
+        navigation={{} as any}
+        params={{} as any}
+        config={{} as any}
+      />
+    );
+    // Button is enabled since the page is on edit
+    expect(screen.getByText('Create').closest('button')).toBeDisabled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/apps/configuration/utils/password-edit-panel.tsx b/public/apps/configuration/utils/password-edit-panel.tsx
index 0a52347ae..61dfe6d65 100644
--- a/public/apps/configuration/utils/password-edit-panel.tsx
+++ b/public/apps/configuration/utils/password-edit-panel.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { CoreStart } from 'opensearch-dashboards/public';
 import { EuiFieldText, EuiIcon } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { FormRow } from './form-row';
-import { PASSWORD_INSTRUCTION } from '../../apps-constants';
+import { PASSWORD_INSTRUCTION, PASSWORD_VALIDATION_REGEX } from '../../apps-constants';
 import { getDashboardsInfo } from '../../../utils/dashboards-info-utils';
 
 export function PasswordEditPanel(props: {
@@ -29,13 +29,26 @@ export function PasswordEditPanel(props: {
   const [repeatPassword, setRepeatPassword] = React.useState<string>('');
   const [isRepeatPasswordInvalid, setIsRepeatPasswordInvalid] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const [passwordHelpText, setPasswordHelpText] = React.useState<string>(PASSWORD_INSTRUCTION);
+  const [passwordValidationRegex, setPasswordValidationRegex] = React.useState<string>(
+    PASSWORD_VALIDATION_REGEX
+  );
+  const [passwordErrors, setPasswordErrors] = React.useState<string[]>([]);
+
+  const validatePassword = () => {
+    if (!password.match(passwordValidationRegex)) {
+      const errorMessages = ['Password does not match minimum criteria'];
+      setPasswordErrors(errorMessages);
+    } else {
+      setPasswordErrors([]);
+    }
+  };
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const fetchData = async () => {
       try {
-        setPasswordHelpText(
-          (await getDashboardsInfo(props.coreStart.http)).password_validation_error_message
-        );
+        const dashboardsInfo = await getDashboardsInfo(props.coreStart.http);
+        setPasswordHelpText(dashboardsInfo.password_validation_error_message);
+        setPasswordValidationRegex(dashboardsInfo.password_validation_regex);
       } catch (e) {
         console.error(e);
       }
@@ -46,10 +59,10 @@ export function PasswordEditPanel(props: {
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     props.updatePassword(password);
-    const isInvalid = repeatPassword !== password;
-    setIsRepeatPasswordInvalid(isInvalid);
+    const isInvalid = repeatPassword !== password || !password.match(passwordValidationRegex);
+    setIsRepeatPasswordInvalid(repeatPassword !== password);
     props.updateIsInvalid(isInvalid);
-  }, [password, props, repeatPassword]);
+  }, [password, props, repeatPassword, passwordValidationRegex]);
 
   const passwordChangeHandler = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     setPassword(e.target.value);
@@ -61,18 +74,30 @@ export function PasswordEditPanel(props: {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <FormRow headerText="Password" helpText={passwordHelpText}>
+      <FormRow
+        headerText="Password"
+        helpText={passwordHelpText}
+        isInvalid={passwordErrors.length > 0}
+        error={passwordErrors}
+      >
         <EuiFieldText
           data-test-subj="password"
           prepend={<EuiIcon type="lock" />}
           type="password"
           onChange={passwordChangeHandler}
+          isInvalid={passwordErrors.length > 0}
+          onBlur={() => validatePassword()}
+          aria-label="password"
         />
       </FormRow>
 
       <FormRow
         headerText="Re-enter password"
         helpText="The password must be identical to what you entered above."
+        isInvalid={isRepeatPasswordInvalid}
+        error={
+          isRepeatPasswordInvalid ? ['The password is not identical to the one entered above.'] : []
+        }
       >
         <EuiFieldText
           data-test-subj="re-enter-password"
@@ -80,6 +105,7 @@ export function PasswordEditPanel(props: {
           type="password"
           isInvalid={isRepeatPasswordInvalid}
           onChange={repeatPasswordChangeHandler}
+          aria-label="re-enter-password"
         />
       </FormRow>
     </>
diff --git a/public/types.ts b/public/types.ts
index 4acfc442f..4f1693a9d 100644
--- a/public/types.ts
+++ b/public/types.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export interface DashboardsInfo {
   private_tenant_enabled?: boolean;
   default_tenant: string;
   password_validation_error_message: string;
+  password_validation_regex: string;
 }
 
 export interface ClientConfigType {