diff --git a/tests/topotests/bgp_vrf_md5_peering/peer1/exabgp.cfg b/tests/topotests/bgp_vrf_md5_peering/peer1/exabgp.cfg
index 3260513903..11a827a904 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/bgp_vrf_md5_peering/peer1/exabgp.cfg
+++ b/tests/topotests/bgp_vrf_md5_peering/peer1/exabgp.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ neighbor 10.0.0.1 {
   local-address 10.0.0.2;
   local-as 65001;
   peer-as 65534;
-  md5 test123;
+  md5-password test123;
 
   static {
     route 192.168.100.1/32 {