diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
index dd0671233..b927e8897 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: keycloak-database
                   key: password
-            - name: KEYCLOAK_ADMIN
+            - name: KC_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME
               value: "admin"
-            - name: KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+            - name: KC_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: keycloak-admin