diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1e16d669..2090f772 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.767) kinetic; urgency=medium
+
+  * Do not modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config for ubuntu-cpc project
+    builds. (LP: #1968873)
+
+ -- Thomas Bechtold <thomas.bechtold@canonical.com>  Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:29:05 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.766) kinetic; urgency=medium
 
   * live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/ovf/ubuntu-ova-v1-vmdk.tmpl:
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/052-ssh_authentication.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/052-ssh_authentication.chroot
index 6b0a34ea..0218a85f 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/052-ssh_authentication.chroot
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/052-ssh_authentication.chroot
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sed -i "s|#PasswordAuthentication yes|PasswordAuthentication no|g" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+cat << EOF >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-cloudimg-settings.conf"
+PasswordAuthentication no
+EOF