diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-bears-allow.md b/.changeset/hungry-bears-allow.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c214b47222b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-bears-allow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clerk/backend": patch
+---
+
+Add `sha256` hasher support to PasswordHasher as described in [`Users#CreateUser`](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users#operation/CreateUser!path=password_hasher)
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/UserApi.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/UserApi.ts
index 4f44907cd7c..ba2dd85e6ab 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/UserApi.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/UserApi.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ type PasswordHasher =
   | 'pbkdf2_sha256'
   | 'pbkdf2_sha256_django'
   | 'pbkdf2_sha1'
-  | 'scrypt_firebase';
+  | 'scrypt_firebase'
+  | 'sha256';
 
 type UserPasswordHashingParams = {
   passwordDigest: string;