diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b4810f549a9e6..38bad939806d7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -82,3 +82,6 @@
 [submodule "apps-external/collectives"]
 	path = apps-external/collectives
 	url = git@github.com:nextcloud/collectives.git
+[submodule "apps-external/password_policy"]
+	path = apps-external/password_policy
+	url = git@github.com:IONOS-Productivity/nc-password_policy.git
diff --git a/IONOS b/IONOS
index 20ef06e9e3e39..8ee90305d8083 160000
--- a/IONOS
+++ b/IONOS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 20ef06e9e3e39cede6c92c845dc8a275e32d9872
+Subproject commit 8ee90305d808346adef8914f0375c51c1e7dca0d
diff --git a/apps-external/password_policy b/apps-external/password_policy
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000..b2ba6defa1848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-external/password_policy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b2ba6defa1848cb41af6422a98ebba5f7f21fc97