diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d9b3712dd..dabb58e8f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ alembic upgrade head
 
 To run the backend API server, navigate to `danswer/backend` and run:
 ```bash
-DISABLE_AUTH=True TYPESENSE_API_KEY=local_dev_typesense DYNAMIC_CONFIG_DIR_PATH=./dynamic_config_storage uvicorn danswer.main:app --reload --port 8080
+DISABLE_AUTH=True TYPESENSE_API_KEY=typesense_api_key DYNAMIC_CONFIG_DIR_PATH=./dynamic_config_storage uvicorn danswer.main:app --reload --port 8080
 ```
 
 To run the background job to check for connector updates and index documents, navigate to `danswer/backend` and run:
 ```bash
-PYTHONPATH=. TYPESENSE_API_KEY=local_dev_typesense DYNAMIC_CONFIG_DIR_PATH=./dynamic_config_storage python danswer/background/update.py
+PYTHONPATH=. TYPESENSE_API_KEY=typesense_api_key DYNAMIC_CONFIG_DIR_PATH=./dynamic_config_storage python danswer/background/update.py
 ```
 
 Note: if you need finer logging, add the additional environment variable `LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG` to the relevant services.
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 046725846..ab9f5a1b7 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - QDRANT_HOST=vector_db
       - TYPESENSE_HOST=search_engine
-      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY:-local_dev_typesense}
+      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY:-typesense_api_key}
       - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
       - DISABLE_AUTH=${DISABLE_AUTH:-True}
       - GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=${GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID:-}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - QDRANT_HOST=vector_db
       - TYPESENSE_HOST=search_engine
-      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY:-local_dev_typesense}
+      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY:-typesense_api_key}
       - DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_APP_TOKEN=${DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_APP_TOKEN:-}
       - DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=${DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN:-}
     volumes:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ services:
     image: typesense/typesense:0.24.1
     restart: always
     environment:
-      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY:-local_dev_typesense}
+      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY:-typesense_api_key}
       - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/typesense/storage
     ports:
       - "8108:8108"
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml
index 33e459b08..a107e11f5 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ type: Opaque
 data:
   postgres_user: cG9zdGdyZXM= # "postgres" base64 encoded
   postgres_password: cGFzc3dvcmQ= # "password" base64 encoded
-  typesense_api_key: bG9jYWxfZGV2X3R5cGVzZW5zZQ== # "local_dev_typesense" base64 encoded
+  typesense_api_key: dHlwZXNlbnNlX2FwaV9rZXk= # "typesense_api_key" base64 encoded
   google_oauth_client_id: REPLACE-THIS # You will need to provide this, use echo -n "your-client-id" | base64
   google_oauth_client_secret: REPLACE-THIS # You will need to provide this, use echo -n "your-client-id" | base64