diff --git a/openapi/components/schemas/InstanceID.yaml b/openapi/components/schemas/InstanceID.yaml
index bfb6c2e3..744b1bf9 100644
--- a/openapi/components/schemas/InstanceID.yaml
+++ b/openapi/components/schemas/InstanceID.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 title: InstanceID
-type: string
+type: password
 description: InstanceID can be "offline" on User profiles if you are not friends with that user and "private" if you are friends and user is in private instance.
 example: 12345~hidden(usr_c1644b5b-3ca4-45b4-97c6-a2a0de70d469)~region(eu)~nonce(27e8414a-59a0-4f3d-af1f-f27557eb49a2)