diff --git a/scripts/iam/zitadel-provision.py b/scripts/iam/zitadel-provision.py
index 4b9c1ef..b0f7b6e 100755
--- a/scripts/iam/zitadel-provision.py
+++ b/scripts/iam/zitadel-provision.py
@@ -417,6 +417,39 @@ def _ensure_smtp(token: str) -> str:
     return smtp_id
 
 
+def _ensure_login_policy(token: str) -> None:
+    """Require password + a second factor, and demand enrolment at login.
+
+    forceMFA does not persist through the v1 policy endpoint (it reads back
+    absent), so the effective lever is mfaInitSkipLifetime: 0s, which makes the
+    login flow require enrolment instead of letting a user skip it for 30 days.
+
+    Second factors stay OTP and U2F: an authenticator app or a hardware key.
+    Multi-factor is left configured for U2F with verification so a later step
+    can move 2FA to 2MFA without another policy change.
+    """
+    code, d = _api("PUT", "/admin/v1/policies/login", token, {
+        "allowUsernamePassword": True,
+        "allowRegister": False,
+        "allowExternalIDP": True,
+        "hidePasswordReset": False,
+        "ignoreUnknownUsernames": True,
+        "passwordCheckLifetime": "864000s",
+        "externalLoginCheckLifetime": "864000s",
+        "mfaInitSkipLifetime": "0s",
+        "secondFactorCheckLifetime": "64800s",
+        "multiFactorCheckLifetime": "64800s",
+        "secondFactors": ["SECOND_FACTOR_TYPE_OTP", "SECOND_FACTOR_TYPE_U2F"],
+        "multiFactors": ["MULTI_FACTOR_TYPE_U2F_WITH_VERIFICATION"],
+        "passwordlessType": "PASSWORDLESS_TYPE_ALLOWED",
+    })
+    # ZITADEL answers 400 "has not been changed" when the policy already matches.
+    # That is success for an idempotent run, not a failure.
+    if code not in (200, 201) and "has not been changed" not in str(d.get("message", "")):
+        die(f"update login policy failed: {code} {d}")
+    print("login policy : password + 2FA, enrolment required")
+
+
 def phase_apply(_args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     """Declare the ZITADEL objects through the API. No Terraform, no state drift."""
     token = bootstrap_token()
@@ -425,6 +458,7 @@ def phase_apply(_args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
 
     _ensure_builtin_login(token)
     _ensure_smtp(token)
+    _ensure_login_policy(token)
     project_id = _ensure_project(token, PROJECT_NAME)
     print(f"project   : {PROJECT_NAME} ({project_id})")
     _ensure_roles(token, project_id, ROLES)