diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
index 7e0ee6e5219..fd4db9ecfa4 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@
             <field eval="18" name="priority"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Users">
-                    <field name="password" password="True"/>
+                    <field name="password" password="True" readonly="0"/>
                     <label colspan="4" string="Please note that you will have to logout and relog if you change your password."/>
-                    <field name="context_lang" completion="1"/>
-                    <field name="context_tz" completion="1"/>
+                    <field name="context_lang" completion="1" readonly="0"/>
+                    <field name="context_tz" completion="1" readonly="0"/>
                     <newline/>
-                    <field colspan="4" name="signature"/>
+                    <field colspan="4" name="signature" readonly="0"/>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>