diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 0786458fd50..2c928ff22a6 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
     </style>
 
     <style name="ScreenLockPasswordHintTextFontStyle">
-        <item name="android:textColor">?android:attr/textColorPrimary</item>
+        <item name="android:textColor">?android:attr/colorError</item>
         <item name="android:fontFamily">google-sans-text</item>
     </style>