diff --git a/api/env.docker b/api/env.docker
index c13c36a0401..daf913ecf45 100644
--- a/api/env.docker
+++ b/api/env.docker
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PYTHONUNBUFFERED=0
 
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=conf.settings
-DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="ny#b__$$f6ry4wy8oxre97&-68u_0lk3gw(z=d40_dxey3zw0v1"
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=example_key
 DJANGO_DEBUG_ENABLED=True
 
 BASE_URL=http://localhost:50280/
diff --git a/api/env.template b/api/env.template
index 9e652204a89..45a51b29aea 100644
--- a/api/env.template
+++ b/api/env.template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PYTHONUNBUFFERED=0
 
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=conf.settings
-DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="ny#b__$$f6ry4wy8oxre97&-68u_0lk3gw(z=d40_dxey3zw0v1"
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=example_key
 DJANGO_DEBUG_ENABLED=True
 
 BASE_URL=http://localhost:50280/