diff --git a/backend/src/config/index.ts b/backend/src/config/index.ts
index e7139033b..26227b90d 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Decimal.set({
 })
 
 const constants = {
-  DB_VERSION: '0052-add_updated_at_to_contributions',
+  DB_VERSION: '0053-change_password_encryption',
   DECAY_START_TIME: new Date('2021-05-13 17:46:31-0000'), // GMT+0
   LOG4JS_CONFIG: 'log4js-config.json',
   // default log level on production should be info
diff --git a/database/entity/0053-change_password_encryption/User.ts b/database/entity/0053-change_password_encryption/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf2d02268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/entity/0053-change_password_encryption/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import {
+  BaseEntity,
+  Entity,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  Column,
+  DeleteDateColumn,
+  OneToMany,
+  JoinColumn,
+  OneToOne,
+} from 'typeorm'
+import { Contribution } from '../Contribution'
+import { ContributionMessage } from '../ContributionMessage'
+import { UserContact } from '../UserContact'
+
+@Entity('users', { engine: 'InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
+export class User extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('increment', { unsigned: true })
+  id: number
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'gradido_id',
+    length: 36,
+    nullable: false,
+    collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+  })
+  gradidoID: string
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'alias',
+    length: 20,
+    nullable: true,
+    default: null,
+    collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+  })
+  alias: string
+
+  /*
+    @Column({ name: 'public_key', type: 'binary', length: 32, default: null, nullable: true })
+    pubKey: Buffer
+    @Column({ name: 'privkey', type: 'binary', length: 80, default: null, nullable: true })
+    privKey: Buffer
+    @Column({
+      type: 'text',
+      name: 'passphrase',
+      collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+      nullable: true,
+      default: null,
+    })
+    passphrase: string
+    */
+
+  @OneToOne(() => UserContact, (emailContact: UserContact) => emailContact.user)
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'email_id' })
+  emailContact: UserContact
+
+  @Column({ name: 'email_id', type: 'int', unsigned: true, nullable: true, default: null })
+  emailId: number | null
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'first_name',
+    length: 255,
+    nullable: true,
+    default: null,
+    collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+  })
+  firstName: string
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'last_name',
+    length: 255,
+    nullable: true,
+    default: null,
+    collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+  })
+  lastName: string
+
+  @Column({ name: 'created_at', default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP', nullable: false })
+  createdAt: Date
+
+  @DeleteDateColumn({ name: 'deleted_at', nullable: true })
+  deletedAt: Date | null
+
+  @Column({ type: 'bigint', default: 0, unsigned: true })
+  password: BigInt
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'password_encryption_type',
+    type: 'int',
+    unsigned: true,
+    nullable: false,
+    default: 1,
+  })
+  passwordEncryptionType: number
+
+  @Column({ length: 4, default: 'de', collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci', nullable: false })
+  language: string
+
+  @Column({ name: 'is_admin', type: 'datetime', nullable: true, default: null })
+  isAdmin: Date | null
+
+  @Column({ name: 'referrer_id', type: 'int', unsigned: true, nullable: true, default: null })
+  referrerId?: number | null
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'contribution_link_id',
+    type: 'int',
+    unsigned: true,
+    nullable: true,
+    default: null,
+  })
+  contributionLinkId?: number | null
+
+  @Column({ name: 'publisher_id', default: 0 })
+  publisherId: number
+
+  @OneToMany(() => Contribution, (contribution) => contribution.user)
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'user_id' })
+  contributions?: Contribution[]
+
+  @OneToMany(() => ContributionMessage, (message) => message.user)
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'user_id' })
+  messages?: ContributionMessage[]
+
+  @OneToMany(() => UserContact, (userContact: UserContact) => userContact.user)
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'user_id' })
+  userContacts?: UserContact[]
+}
diff --git a/database/entity/0053-change_password_encryption/UserContact.ts b/database/entity/0053-change_password_encryption/UserContact.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05bfdfffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/entity/0053-change_password_encryption/UserContact.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import {
+  BaseEntity,
+  Entity,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+  Column,
+  DeleteDateColumn,
+  OneToOne,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
+} from 'typeorm'
+import { User } from './User'
+
+@Entity('user_contacts', { engine: 'InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
+export class UserContact extends BaseEntity {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('increment', { unsigned: true })
+  id: number
+
+  @Column({
+    name: 'type',
+    length: 100,
+    nullable: true,
+    default: null,
+    collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+  })
+  type: string
+
+  @OneToOne(() => User, (user) => user.emailContact)
+  user: User
+
+  @Column({ name: 'user_id', type: 'int', unsigned: true, nullable: false })
+  userId: number
+
+  @Column({ length: 255, unique: true, nullable: false, collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
+  email: string
+
+  @Column({ name: 'email_verification_code', type: 'bigint', unsigned: true, unique: true })
+  emailVerificationCode: BigInt
+
+  @Column({ name: 'email_opt_in_type_id' })
+  emailOptInTypeId: number
+
+  @Column({ name: 'email_resend_count' })
+  emailResendCount: number
+
+  // @Column({ name: 'email_hash', type: 'binary', length: 32, default: null, nullable: true })
+  // emailHash: Buffer
+
+  @Column({ name: 'email_checked', type: 'bool', nullable: false, default: false })
+  emailChecked: boolean
+
+  @Column({ length: 255, unique: false, nullable: true, collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
+  phone: string
+
+  @Column({ name: 'created_at', default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP', nullable: false })
+  createdAt: Date
+
+  @Column({ name: 'updated_at', nullable: true, default: null, type: 'datetime' })
+  updatedAt: Date | null
+
+  @DeleteDateColumn({ name: 'deleted_at', nullable: true })
+  deletedAt: Date | null
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => User, (user) => user.userContacts)
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'user_id' })
+  contactUser: User
+}
diff --git a/database/entity/User.ts b/database/entity/User.ts
index d073f428a..b3c00a9b4 100644
--- a/database/entity/User.ts
+++ b/database/entity/User.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { User } from './0049-add_user_contacts_table/User'
+export { User } from './0053-change_password_encryption/User'
diff --git a/database/entity/UserContact.ts b/database/entity/UserContact.ts
index a368bb7ca..dd74e65c4 100644
--- a/database/entity/UserContact.ts
+++ b/database/entity/UserContact.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { UserContact } from './0049-add_user_contacts_table/UserContact'
+export { UserContact } from './0053-change_password_encryption/UserContact'
diff --git a/database/migrations/0053-change_password_encryption b/database/migrations/0053-change_password_encryption
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b87e2511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/0053-change_password_encryption
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* MIGRATION TO ADD GRADIDO_ID
+ *
+ * This migration adds and renames columns to and in the table `users`
+ */
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+
+export async function upgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users RENAME COLUMN created TO created_at;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users RENAME COLUMN deletedAt TO deleted_at;')
+  // alter table emp rename column emp_name to name
+  await queryFn(
+    'ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN password_encryption_type int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 AFTER password;',
+  )
+
+  // TODO these steps comes after verification and test
+  /*
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN public_key;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN privkey;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN email_hash;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN passphrase;')
+  */
+}
+
+export async function downgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users RENAME COLUMN created_at TO created;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users RENAME COLUMN deleted_at TO deletedAt;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN password_encryption_type;')
+
+  // TODO these steps comes after verification and test
+  /*
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN public_key binary(32) DEFAULT NULL;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN privkey binary(80) DEFAULT NULL;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN email_hash binary(32) DEFAULT NULL;')
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN passphrase text DEFAULT NULL;')
+  */
+}
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