diff --git a/mysqltuner.pl b/mysqltuner.pl
index 5ab5a6d..8d6bc0a 100755
--- a/mysqltuner.pl
+++ b/mysqltuner.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
-# mysqltuner.pl - Version 1.7.8
+# mysqltuner.pl - Version 1.7.7
 # High Performance MySQL Tuning Script
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Major Hayden - major@mhtx.net
 #
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $Data::Dumper::Pair = " : ";
 #use Env;
 
 # Set up a few variables for use in the script
-my $tunerversion = "1.7.8";
+my $tunerversion = "1.7.7";
 my ( @adjvars, @generalrec );
 
 # Set defaults
@@ -1695,10 +1695,7 @@ sub security_recommendations {
     my $PASS_COLUMN_NAME = 'password';
     if ( $myvar{'version'} =~ /5\.7|10\..*MariaDB*/ ) {
         $PASS_COLUMN_NAME =
-          "IF(plugin='mysql_native_password', authentication_string, password)";
-    }
-    if ( $myvar{'version'} =~ /5\.7/ ) {
-        $PASS_COLUMN_NAME = "authentication_string";
+          "IF(plugin='mysql_native_password', authentication_string, 'password')";
     }
     debugprint "Password column = $PASS_COLUMN_NAME";
 
@@ -6205,7 +6202,7 @@ __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
- MySQLTuner 1.7.8 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
+ MySQLTuner 1.7.7 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
 
 =head1 IMPORTANT USAGE GUIDELINES