diff --git a/geth-poa/.env.example b/geth-poa/.env.example
index d8def53399..539e30981f 100644
--- a/geth-poa/.env.example
+++ b/geth-poa/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONTRACT_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY=
+HYPERLANE_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY=
 NODE1_PRIVATE_KEY=
 NODE2_PRIVATE_KEY=
 RELAYER_PRIVATE_KEY=
diff --git a/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml b/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
index 66e3450b00..3da4a25dc6 100644
--- a/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       retries: 100
     environment:
-      - CONTRACT_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY=${CONTRACT_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY}
+      - HYPERLANE_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY=${HYPERLANE_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY}
     networks:
       primev_net:
         ipv4_address: '172.29.0.50'
diff --git a/geth-poa/hyperlane-deployer/entrypoint.sh b/geth-poa/hyperlane-deployer/entrypoint.sh
index d3096322a2..ea3c199cde 100644
--- a/geth-poa/hyperlane-deployer/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/geth-poa/hyperlane-deployer/entrypoint.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ else
     --chains /chain-config.yml \
     --ism /multisig-ism.yml \
     --out "/hyperlane-monorepo/artifacts" \
-    --key $CONTRACT_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY
+    --key $HYPERLANE_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY
   expect {
     "*low balance on*" { 
       send -- "Y\r"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ else
   set timeout -1
   spawn hyperlane deploy warp \
     --yes \
-    --key $CONTRACT_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY \
+    --key $HYPERLANE_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY \
     --chains /chain-config.yml \
     --config /warp-tokens.yml \
     --core /hyperlane-monorepo/artifacts/core-deployment.json