diff --git a/tutor/templates/config.yml b/tutor/templates/config.yml
index e96996256d1333b416548b519ea76b37fc62bc94..f850a52bee4cde4b55ac3d820c0421fe31ce37e0 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/config.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/config.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ SMTP_USE_TLS: false
 SMTP_USE_SSL: false
 WEB_PROXY: false
 
-MYSQL_USERNAME: ""
+MYSQL_USER: ""
 MYSQL_PASSWORD: ""
 MYSQL_DATABASE: ""
diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
index e38c92164228dcdf71f968471e9ae3f67cf2e71b..2c39804b7c0b80e5425c4022f97ba0f5d7b1489b 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ spec:
               value: {{ MYSQL_PASSWORD }}
             - name: MYSQL_DATABASE
               value: {{ MYSQL_DATABASE }}
-            - name: MYSQL_USERNAME
-              value: {{ MYSQL_USERNAME }}
+            - name: MYSQL_USER
+              value: {{ MYSQL_USER }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 3306
           volumeMounts: