diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffe74404..4c727f1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.iemr.common-API</groupId>
 	<artifactId>common-api</artifactId>
-	<version>3.8.2</version>
+	<version>3.12.0</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<name>Common-API</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImpl.java
index e411b9ef..3b60c78b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImpl.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ public int setForgetPassword(User user, String loginpass, String transactionId,
 		int count = 0;
 		try {
 			if (isAdmin != null && isAdmin == true) {
-				updateCTIPasswordForUserV1(user.getUserID(), loginpass);
+				updateCTIPasswordInBackground(user.getUserID(), loginpass);
 				loginpass = securePassword.generateStrongPassword(loginpass);
 				count = iEMRUserRepositoryCustom.updateSetForgetPassword(user.getUserID(), loginpass);
 			} else {
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ public int setForgetPassword(User user, String loginpass, String transactionId,
 						.getSessionObjectForChangePassword((user.getUserID().toString() + user.getUserName()));
 				if (tokenFromRedis.equalsIgnoreCase(transactionId)) {
 
-					updateCTIPasswordForUserV1(user.getUserID(), loginpass);
+					updateCTIPasswordInBackground(user.getUserID(), loginpass);
 					loginpass = securePassword.generateStrongPassword(loginpass);
 					count = iEMRUserRepositoryCustom.updateSetForgetPassword(user.getUserID(), loginpass);
 					// Deleting transaction Id
@@ -600,6 +601,15 @@ public void updateCTIPasswordForUser(Long userID, String password) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sends the new password to the CTI server without making the user wait: called from this class, so the
+	 * {@code @Async} of updateCTIPasswordForUserV1 is not applied (no proxy) and an unreachable CTI server held the
+	 * password screen until the network timeout - before the password was even saved.
+	 */
+	void updateCTIPasswordInBackground(Long userID, String password) {
+		CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> updateCTIPasswordForUserV1(userID, password));
+	}
+
 	@Async
 	public void updateCTIPasswordForUserV1(Long userID, String password) {
 		try {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImplTest.java
index de282b52..a896327f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/iemr/common/service/users/IEMRAdminUserServiceImplTest.java
@@ -374,6 +374,28 @@ void testSetForgetPassword_ValidTransaction() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(1, result);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testSetForgetPassword_DoesNotWaitForCtiServer() throws Exception {
+        // Given: the CTI server does not answer until released
+        java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch ctiReleased = new java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch(1);
+        when(iEMRUserRepositoryCustom.findUserByUserID(1L)).thenReturn(testUser);
+        when(ctiService.addUpdateUserData(anyString(), anyString())).thenAnswer(invocation -> {
+            ctiReleased.await(10, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            return new OutputResponse();
+        });
+        when(securePassword.generateStrongPassword("newpassword")).thenReturn("hashedNewPassword");
+        when(iEMRUserRepositoryCustom.updateSetForgetPassword(1L, "hashedNewPassword")).thenReturn(1);
+
+        // When: the password is saved without waiting for CTI
+        int result = assertTimeoutPreemptively(java.time.Duration.ofSeconds(2),
+                () -> userService.setForgetPassword(testUser, "newpassword", "token123", true));
+
+        // Then: saved, and CTI is still updated in the background
+        assertEquals(1, result);
+        ctiReleased.countDown();
+        verify(ctiService, timeout(2000)).addUpdateUserData(anyString(), eq("127.0.0.1"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testSetForgetPassword_InvalidTransaction() throws Exception {
         // Given