diff --git a/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.23.txt b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.23.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fae055c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.23.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plugins/modules/sr_fingerprint.py validate-modules:missing-gplv3-license
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a029fe65..9477dc0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ Type: `int`
 Use this variable to protect boot parameters with a password.
 
 **WARNING**: Changing the bootloader password is not idempotent.
+Use `bootloader_password_hash` for idempotent password configuration.
+These two inputs cannot be used together.
 
 The bootloader username is always `root`.
 
@@ -124,6 +126,33 @@ Default: `null`
 
 Type: `string`
 
+### bootloader_password_hash
+
+Use this variable to set a precomputed GRUB PBKDF2 SHA512 password hash
+for the bootloader user `root`. Generate the hash with
+`grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2` and store it in Ansible Vault.
+Supply only the resulting `grub.pbkdf2.sha512...` hash, without the command's
+explanatory text or a trailing newline. The hash must have a positive iteration
+count, a nonempty hexadecimal salt consisting of whole bytes, and a 64-byte
+hexadecimal digest.
+
+Setting the same hash repeatedly is idempotent. If unset or `null`, no hash
+is written. An empty string is invalid; use `bootloader_remove_password: true`
+with this variable unset or `null` to remove a password.
+
+Do not combine this variable with a non-null `bootloader_password` or with
+`bootloader_remove_password: true`.
+
+For example, where `vault_bootloader_password_hash` contains the generated hash:
+
+```yaml
+bootloader_password_hash: "{{ vault_bootloader_password_hash }}"
+```
+
+Default: `null`
+
+Type: `string`
+
 ### bootloader_remove_password
 
 Set this variable to `true` to remove the bootloader password.
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 12b20de1..448c9464 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ bootloader_settings: []
 bootloader_timeout: null
 
 bootloader_password: null
+bootloader_password_hash: null
 bootloader_remove_password: false
 
 bootloader_reboot_ok: false
diff --git a/meta/argument_specs.yml b/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 62278f0f..7b45eb47 100644
--- a/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ argument_specs:
           username is always `root`. This value should come
           from an Ansible vault.
 
+      bootloader_password_hash:
+        type: raw
+        default: null
+        description: >
+          Precomputed GRUB PBKDF2 SHA512 password hash for the root
+          boot loader user. When null or unset, no hash is written.
+          Setting the same hash repeatedly is idempotent. Store the hash
+          in Ansible Vault. Cannot be combined with bootloader_password
+          or bootloader_remove_password=true.
+
       bootloader_remove_password:
         type: bool
         default: false
diff --git a/pytest_extra_requirements.txt b/pytest_extra_requirements.txt
index a0fb201b..0e023b90 100644
--- a/pytest_extra_requirements.txt
+++ b/pytest_extra_requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 # ansible and dependencies for all supported platforms
 ansible-core ; python_version > "2.6"
+mock ; python_version < "3.0"
diff --git a/tasks/assert_role_vars.yml b/tasks/assert_role_vars.yml
index a982d1e6..becc5c05 100644
--- a/tasks/assert_role_vars.yml
+++ b/tasks/assert_role_vars.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,32 @@
       bootloader_password must be null or a string,
       got {{ bootloader_password | type_debug }}
 
+- name: Assert bootloader_password_hash is null or a GRUB PBKDF2 SHA512 hash
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - >-
+        (bootloader_password_hash is none)
+        or (bootloader_password_hash is string
+        and bootloader_password_hash is
+        match('^grub[.]pbkdf2[.]sha512[.][1-9][0-9]*[.]'
+        ~ '([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})+[.][0-9A-Fa-f]{128}\Z'))
+    fail_msg: >-
+      bootloader_password_hash must be null or a GRUB PBKDF2 SHA512 hash
+      with a positive iteration count, hexadecimal salt, and 64-byte digest
+  no_log: "{{ bootloader_secure_logging }}"
+
+- name: Assert bootloader_password_hash does not conflict with password settings
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - >-
+        bootloader_password_hash is none
+        or (bootloader_password is none
+        and not bootloader_remove_password | bool)
+    fail_msg: >-
+      bootloader_password_hash cannot be combined with bootloader_password
+      or bootloader_remove_password=true
+  no_log: "{{ bootloader_secure_logging }}"
+
 - name: Assert kernel in bootloader_settings is defined and valid type
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index d157621e..f14f5243 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -92,15 +92,16 @@
 - name: Use a general grub conf path if UEFI path has a stub config
   when: __bootloader_grub_conf_stat.stat.exists | bool
   block:
-    - name: Verify if there is a stab config in {{ __bootloader_grub_conf }}
+    - name: Verify if there is a stub config in {{ __bootloader_grub_conf }}
       shell: grep "configfile" {{ __bootloader_grub_conf }} || true
       changed_when: false
       register: __bootloader_grep_configfile
       ignore_errors: true
+      check_mode: false
 
     - name: Use a general grub and user conf path if UEFI path has a stub config
       when:
-        - __bootloader_grep_configfile.stdout | length > 0
+        - __bootloader_grep_configfile.stdout | d("") | length > 0
         - __bootloader_grub_conf == __bootloader_uefi_conf_dir ~ 'grub.cfg'
       set_fact:
         __bootloader_grub_conf: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
@@ -162,6 +163,14 @@
       changed_when: true
       no_log: "{{ bootloader_secure_logging }}"
 
+- name: Install precomputed boot loader password hash
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    content: "GRUB2_PASSWORD={{ bootloader_password_hash }}"
+    dest: "{{ __bootloader_user_conf }}"
+    mode: "{{ __bootloader_conf_mode }}"
+  when: bootloader_password_hash is not none
+  no_log: "{{ bootloader_secure_logging }}"
+
 - name: Remove boot loader password configuration
   file:
     path: "{{ __bootloader_user_conf }}"
diff --git a/tests/tasks/check_invalid_password_hash.yml b/tests/tasks/check_invalid_password_hash.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6ad85fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tasks/check_invalid_password_hash.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+---
+- name: Reset password hash validation result
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    __bootloader_test_hash_rejected: false
+
+- name: Try invalid password hash settings
+  block:
+    - name: Validate invalid password hash settings
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+      vars:
+        __sr_tasks_from: assert_role_vars.yml
+        bootloader_password_hash: "{{ __bootloader_test_invalid_hash.hash }}"
+        bootloader_password: >-
+          {{ __bootloader_test_invalid_hash.password | default(none) }}
+        bootloader_remove_password: >-
+          {{ __bootloader_test_invalid_hash.remove | default(false) }}
+        # Test-only values; expose the assertion message to verify the failure.
+        bootloader_secure_logging: false
+  rescue:
+    - name: Verify failure comes from password hash validation
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - "'bootloader_password_hash' in ansible_failed_result.msg"
+
+    - name: Record expected validation failure
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        __bootloader_test_hash_rejected: true
+
+- name: Assert invalid password hash settings were rejected
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that: __bootloader_test_hash_rejected
diff --git a/tests/tests_invalid_input.yml b/tests/tests_invalid_input.yml
index 29c50c1b..560f92cd 100644
--- a/tests/tests_invalid_input.yml
+++ b/tests/tests_invalid_input.yml
@@ -385,6 +385,28 @@
               assert_role_vars should reject bootloader_password
               when given a boolean value
 
+        - name: Reject invalid or conflicting password hashes
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/check_invalid_password_hash.yml
+          loop:
+            - hash: ""
+            - hash: 123
+            - hash: true
+            - hash: []
+            - hash: {}
+            - hash: not-a-hash
+            - hash: "{{ 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.0.AA.' ~ ('AB' * 64) }}"
+            - hash: "{{ 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.A.' ~ ('AB' * 64) }}"
+            - hash: "{{ 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.GG.' ~ ('AB' * 64) }}"
+            - hash: "{{ 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.AA.' ~ ('AB' * 63) }}"
+            - hash: "{{ 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.AA.' ~ ('AB' * 64) }}\n"
+            - hash: "{{ 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.AA.' ~ ('AB' * 64) }}"
+              password: test-pass
+            - hash: "{{ 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.AA.' ~ ('AB' * 64) }}"
+              remove: true
+          loop_control:
+            loop_var: __bootloader_test_invalid_hash
+            label: Password hash validation case
+
         # --- Test: kernel as integer ---
         - name: Assert rejects kernel as integer
           block:
@@ -441,6 +463,7 @@
       always:
         - name: Clear test facts
           ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            __bootloader_test_hash_rejected:
             __invalid_input_settings_type_failed:
             __invalid_input_missing_kernel_failed:
             __invalid_input_default_subopt_type_failed:
diff --git a/tests/tests_password_hash.yml b/tests/tests_password_hash.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a9cbcfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests_password_hash.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# This code was generated with ChatGPT using model Astra Light 6.
+---
+- name: Test precomputed bootloader password hashes
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: Skip on s390x architecture
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/skip_on_s390x.yml
+
+    - name: Test hash configuration and clean up afterwards
+      block:
+        - name: Configure a precomputed password hash
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+          vars:
+            bootloader_password_hash: "{{ __bootloader_test_hash }}"
+            __sr_public: true
+
+        - name: Read the configured password
+          ansible.builtin.slurp:
+            src: "{{ __bootloader_user_conf }}"
+          register: __bootloader_test_content
+
+        - name: Verify the exact hash was installed
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - >-
+                __bootloader_test_content.content | b64decode ==
+                'GRUB2_PASSWORD=' ~ __bootloader_test_hash
+
+        - name: Record password file state
+          ansible.builtin.stat:
+            path: "{{ __bootloader_user_conf }}"
+          register: __bootloader_test_before
+
+        - name: Configure the same hash again
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+          vars:
+            bootloader_password_hash: "{{ __bootloader_test_hash }}"
+
+        - name: Predict changing the hash in check mode
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+            file: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+            apply:
+              check_mode: true
+              diff: true
+          vars:
+            bootloader_password_hash: "{{ __bootloader_test_new_hash }}"
+
+        - name: Verify password file is unchanged
+          ansible.builtin.stat:
+            path: "{{ __bootloader_user_conf }}"
+          register: __bootloader_test_after
+
+        - name: Assert idempotency and check mode preserved the file
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - >-
+                __bootloader_test_before.stat.checksum ==
+                __bootloader_test_after.stat.checksum
+              - >-
+                __bootloader_test_before.stat.mtime ==
+                __bootloader_test_after.stat.mtime
+              - __bootloader_test_after.stat.mode == __bootloader_conf_mode
+
+        - name: Change the password hash
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+          vars:
+            bootloader_password_hash: "{{ __bootloader_test_new_hash }}"
+
+        - name: Leave the password unmanaged
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+          vars:
+            bootloader_password_hash: null
+
+        - name: Read the changed password
+          ansible.builtin.slurp:
+            src: "{{ __bootloader_user_conf }}"
+          register: __bootloader_test_content
+
+        - name: Verify the changed hash was preserved
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - >-
+                __bootloader_test_content.content | b64decode ==
+                'GRUB2_PASSWORD=' ~ __bootloader_test_new_hash
+
+        - name: Remove the password
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+          vars:
+            bootloader_remove_password: true
+
+        - name: Check password file was removed
+          ansible.builtin.stat:
+            path: "{{ __bootloader_user_conf }}"
+          register: __bootloader_test_removed
+
+        - name: Assert password file was removed
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that: not __bootloader_test_removed.stat.exists
+      always:
+        - name: Remove test password
+          ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
+          vars:
+            bootloader_password_hash: null
+            bootloader_remove_password: true
+          tags: tests::cleanup
diff --git a/tests/vars/vault-variables.yml b/tests/vars/vault-variables.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad53f1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vars/vault-variables.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+---
+# Test-only hashes; the test vault password is in tests/vault_pwd.
+__bootloader_test_hash: !vault |
+          $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
+          36393032626465646465663830343861656263366136386433633836643362653034343133323535
+          3330663362346336346461386138346564353235306635660a363363613535643535306132613964
+          31653465613164663234343536623737326561653732623237313334356162646133333263643561
+          3630346265373535320a666562343564626463623262313732323337333431626465326138336462
+          31393231313438376132393264366634643564636632643561333230373365306465623264633938
+          32376538316663613765623762373062616134616631383866383730353634396366663038386235
+          37326530373762626162376234353635333235313639663234353164616134623562646535323035
+          35393662653966383265633363363461393030653839613763386333663865633634376562363332
+          38373463336162393066306465326262383830663933393637356265383239356433613861326637
+          39353633346566303564333139636663386663336432623063353034633738306236363630653335
+          64643435316437303938353438383566373032646264373132616530653133373438333565653530
+          61633031306565373065326161393135393633666462366637346232376564313733316137373435
+          37616233633836346662336537356436393132616432623131366230363334626665386132663739
+          35326564386238633737383832383865393737386662616565373036323865613234633234373330
+          62353836383538633762646539353563333636646237633761343139323130366233663633663461
+          36313839663264353062653534653636306362313031316434383866373063336539386532336638
+          61623935653964353833666635313765346439386233396463366330643239663735666563313365
+          6639316136343337346135326331653939323462386230313238
+__bootloader_test_new_hash: !vault |
+          $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
+          38343664623539623364396233306631313533396162333234616561396165636332663064346337
+          3239333537636431393431653436336537636363646433620a356166336431303835343861356139
+          65313264636238633566323339653538323862313364643835336664356263616262326138373831
+          3232623063633833320a626436386131363934383639373362356435343633656536346230643233
+          62313633306238343030666535323765656237333663383030663339333066386261363763393966
+          36663666313633363365353965343065653939323539336564623234333338333931323332323862
+          63363238393662373833323039323836303433663032333765393361646432383734366334613164
+          65303937393363343031653437353263333861383134323537346563346237633166303530386336
+          66316463313838376534303035616436313064353263393234383731656263323637396234643563
+          36653039393233396631666535373837373564326236353436303831383738353237353635313430
+          61643738386231666361616337306630373434393836373736383965316235383861323464303961
+          39623837633130666465636634633033323766373933663731653433353830663133616435663362
+          32316534356331333761663730316233653632353738353238366538373861393737326536633731
+          63613866646465633536346133326335613365636265393336383037326638363931303264383934
+          34353932613732373539613630636164636438343835326433366466303937626363613562633464
+          37373965623737336239353262393932326434393433376638653936623936623031623437306564
+          61336531353535666563623037306239323832613464663236363339303732336238653464646463
+          3337356239396133643961306266666130613837656335353366
diff --git a/tests/vault_pwd b/tests/vault_pwd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f59e0e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vault_pwd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b910c3847ab3a6d7aa62e6995167c323a68c5001b01722c6caa472e6964106ae