diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/GoogleDrive.ts b/src/lib/adapters/GoogleDrive.ts
index 55582a405f..4f5b38cd05 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/GoogleDrive.ts
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/GoogleDrive.ts
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ export default class GoogleDriveAdapter extends CachingAdapter {
     let xbel = createXBEL(this.bookmarksCache, this.highestId)
 
     if (this.server.password) {
+      const salt = Crypto.bufferToHexstr(Crypto.getRandomBytes(64))
       xbel = await Crypto.encryptAES(this.server.password, xbel, this.server.bookmark_file)
+      xbel = JSON.stringify({ciphertext: xbel, salt})
     }
 
     if (!this.fileId) {
diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts b/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts
index 85297cfa59..1ce9b944c3 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ export default class WebDavAdapter extends CachingAdapter {
       const fullUrl = this.getBookmarkURL()
       let xbel = this.server.bookmark_file_type === 'xbel' ? createXBEL(this.bookmarksCache, this.highestId) : createHTML(this.bookmarksCache, this.highestId)
       if (this.server.passphrase) {
-        xbel = await Crypto.encryptAES(this.server.passphrase, xbel, this.server.bookmark_file)
+        const salt = Crypto.bufferToHexstr(Crypto.getRandomBytes(64))
+        xbel = await Crypto.encryptAES(this.server.passphrase, xbel, salt)
+        xbel = JSON.stringify({ciphertext: xbel, salt})
       }
       await this.uploadFile(fullUrl, this.server.bookmark_file_type === 'xbel' ? 'application/xml' : 'text/html', xbel)
     } else {