diff --git a/flux2/core/base/dashboard/dashboard-values-configmap.yaml b/flux2/core/base/dashboard/dashboard-values-configmap.yaml
index 14b9abcfa948385a4117fb24a2c7316fedddae7d..1948aa445bbd2e37da03755e1754c41b15b27079 100644
--- a/flux2/core/base/dashboard/dashboard-values-configmap.yaml
+++ b/flux2/core/base/dashboard/dashboard-values-configmap.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ data:
           cpu: 10m
           memory: 16Mi
     backend:
-      secretKey: ${backend_secretkey}
+      secretKey: ${backend_secret_key}
       password: ${backend_password}
       smtp:
         enabled: ${outgoing_mail_enabled}
diff --git a/install/templates/stackspin-dashboard-variables.yaml.jinja b/install/templates/stackspin-dashboard-variables.yaml.jinja
index 7b412991cae1e31e21cfb1f2e4fa84e996c3001c..133b37f4f5ef2333fec8333406aa2fd2ca5ff582 100644
--- a/install/templates/stackspin-dashboard-variables.yaml.jinja
+++ b/install/templates/stackspin-dashboard-variables.yaml.jinja
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: stackspin-dashboard-variables
 data:
-  backend_secretkey: "{{ 32 | generate_password | b64encode }}"
+  backend_secret_key: "{{ 32 | generate_password | b64encode }}"
   backend_password: "{{ 32 | generate_password | b64encode }}"