diff --git a/authentik/core/api/users.py b/authentik/core/api/users.py
index b0a635e326..9626cccd5f 100644
--- a/authentik/core/api/users.py
+++ b/authentik/core/api/users.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from json import loads
 from typing import Any
 
 from django.contrib.auth import update_session_auth_hash
-from django.contrib.auth.hashers import identify_hasher
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, Permission
 from django.db.transaction import atomic
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ class UserSerializer(ModelSerializer):
         if password_hash is None:
             return
         try:
-            identify_hasher(password_hash)
+            User.validate_password_hash(password_hash)
         except ValueError as exc:
             LOGGER.warning("Failed to identify password hash format", exc_info=exc)
             raise ValidationError(_invalid_password_hash_message()) from exc
diff --git a/authentik/core/models.py b/authentik/core/models.py
index 22bf1a7150..691282af06 100644
--- a/authentik/core/models.py
+++ b/authentik/core/models.py
@@ -580,6 +580,11 @@ class User(SerializerModel, AttributesMixin, AbstractUser):
         self.password_change_date = now()
         return super().set_password(raw_password)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate_password_hash(password_hash: str):
+        """Validate that the value is a recognized Django password hash."""
+        identify_hasher(password_hash)  # Raises ValueError if invalid
+
     def set_password_from_hash(self, password_hash: str, signal=True, sender=None, request=None):
         """Set password directly from a pre-hashed value.
 
@@ -594,7 +599,7 @@ class User(SerializerModel, AttributesMixin, AbstractUser):
         """
         from authentik.core.signals import PASSWORD_SOURCE_HASH
 
-        identify_hasher(password_hash)  # Raises ValueError if invalid
+        self.validate_password_hash(password_hash)
         self._send_password_changed_signal(
             None,
             signal,