diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 73f7ae8b3ddcebbda3cc3120c95e22bba84f2201..35a1e15eae0d9b9066a5605354e9f5cc0cbc96c8 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 URL=localhost
-DB_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
 DJANGO_DEVELOPMENT=false
 DATABASE_NAME=polaris
 DATABASE_USER=root
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bc2ba53a89137648228e910fec35d74d0cd58b9f..433b7431574a3e2ab913877ebe195d99d3ce0165 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
     image: mariadb:10.6
     restart: always
     environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
       MYSQL_DATABASE: polaris
     volumes:
       - mariadb_data:/var/lib/mysql