diff --git a/lib/resource.robot b/lib/resource.robot
index 36603c5..dfd7a67 100755
--- a/lib/resource.robot
+++ b/lib/resource.robot
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # can override to "Dbus" from command line.
 ${IPMI_COMMAND}    External
 # IPMI chipher default.
-${IPMI_CIPHER_LEVEL}  ${3}
+${IPMI_CIPHER_LEVEL}  ${17}
 
 # PDU related parameters
 ${PDU_TYPE}         ${EMPTY}