diff --git a/itl/plugins-contrib.d/network-components.conf b/itl/plugins-contrib.d/network-components.conf
index 333a82c59..c33be561b 100644
--- a/itl/plugins-contrib.d/network-components.conf
+++ b/itl/plugins-contrib.d/network-components.conf
@@ -525,22 +525,27 @@ object CheckCommand "nwc_health" {
 		"--username" = {
 			value = "$nwc_health_username$"
 			description = "The securityName for the USM security model (SNMPv3 only)"
+			set_if = {{ string(macro("$nwc_health_protocol$")) == "3" }}
 		}
 		"--authpassword" = {
 			value = "$nwc_health_authpassword$"
 			description = "The authentication password for SNMPv3"
+			set_if = {{ string(macro("$nwc_health_protocol$")) == "3" }}
 		}
 		"--authprotocol" = {
 			value = "$nwc_health_authprotocol$"
 			description = "The authentication protocol for SNMPv3 (md5|sha)"
+			set_if = {{ string(macro("$nwc_health_protocol$")) == "3" }}
 		}
 		"--privpassword" = {
 			value = "$nwc_health_privpassword$"
 			description = "The password for authPriv security level"
+			set_if = {{ string(macro("$nwc_health_protocol$")) == "3" }}
 		}
 		"--privprotocol" = {
 			value = "$nwc_health_privprotocol$"
 			description = "The private protocol for SNMPv3 (des|aes|aes128|3des|3desde)"
+			set_if = {{ string(macro("$nwc_health_protocol$")) == "3" }}
 		}
 		"--contextengineid" = {
 			value = "$nwc_health_contextengineid$"