diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e01686cd6eaa87990cdda9a9ae7f83557d532d5b..7a97a2b7bd39d78f7176607dc59f59c6824a35cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed ###
 
+* Using environment variable PYLINKAHEADINI instead of PYCAOSDBINI.
+
 ### Deprecated ###
 
 ### Removed ###
diff --git a/examples/pylinkahead.ini b/examples/pylinkahead.ini
index f37e24e0e5b754ec58a07b034ba2755096f0b441..84d1eb8526201c817d6614e7eb74f35a932c5d78 100644
--- a/examples/pylinkahead.ini
+++ b/examples/pylinkahead.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # To be found be the caosdb package, the INI file must be located either in
 # - $CWD/pylinkahead.ini
 # - $HOME/.pylinkahead.ini
-# - the location given in the env variable PYCAOSDBINI
+# - the location given in the env variable PYLINKAHEADINI
 
 [Connection]
 # URL of the CaosDB server
diff --git a/src/doc/configuration.md b/src/doc/configuration.md
index 54ae251b9db9ef000545e701406b979aa58043f8..427551db4e1e97d7ca5f9820df6d5916e3496020 100644
--- a/src/doc/configuration.md
+++ b/src/doc/configuration.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Configuration of PyLinkAhead #
 The behavior of PyLinkAhead is defined via a configuration that is provided using configuration files.
-PyLinkAhead tries to read from the inifile specified in the environment variable `PYCAOSDBINI` or
+PyLinkAhead tries to read from the inifile specified in the environment variable `PYLINKAHEADINI` or
 alternatively in `~/.pylinkahead.ini` upon import.  After that, the ini file `pylinkahead.ini` in the
 current working directory will be read additionally, if it exists.
 
diff --git a/src/linkahead/__init__.py b/src/linkahead/__init__.py
index 3a8c5ba39c88deaa5dc945135e3828945fd39d58..cd54f8f4e05326579521fbbf226f027d32fa616e 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/__init__.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 """LinkAhead Python bindings.
 
-Tries to read from the inifile specified in the environment variable `PYCAOSDBINI` or
+Tries to read from the inifile specified in the environment variable `PYLINKAHEADINI` or
 alternatively in `~/.pylinkahead.ini` upon import.  After that, the ini file `pylinkahead.ini` in
 the current working directory will be read additionally, if it exists.
 
diff --git a/src/linkahead/configuration.py b/src/linkahead/configuration.py
index b020467c8c53e26d464a6a2fb473cc912b0e0612..f3f50ae3c39e029229d02231605e2bf57f3201ee 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/configuration.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/configuration.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def validate_yaml_schema(valobj: dict[str, dict[str, Union[int, str, bool]]]):
 def _read_config_files() -> list[str]:
     """Read config files from different paths.
 
-    Read the config from either ``$PYCAOSDBINI`` or home directory (``~/.pylinkahead.ini``), and
+    Read the config from either ``$PYLINKAHEADINI`` or home directory (``~/.pylinkahead.ini``), and
     additionally adds config from a config file in the current working directory
     (``pylinkahead.ini``).
     If deprecated names are used (starting with 'pycaosdb'), those used in addition but the files
@@ -131,15 +131,18 @@ def _read_config_files() -> list[str]:
         warnings.warn("\n\nYou have a config file with the old naming scheme (pycaosdb.ini). "
                       f"Please use the new version and rename\n"
                       f"    {ini_cwd_caosdb}\nto\n    {ini_cwd}", DeprecationWarning)
+    if "PYCAOSDBINI" in environ:
+        warnings.warn("\n\nYou have an environment variable PYCAOSDBINI. "
+                      f"Please rename it to PYLINKAHEADINI.", DeprecationWarning)
     # End: LinkAhead rename block ##################################################
 
-    if "PYCAOSDBINI" in environ:
-        if not isfile(expanduser(environ["PYCAOSDBINI"])):
+    if "PYLINKAHEADINI" in environ:
+        if not isfile(expanduser(environ["PYLINKAHEADINI"])):
             raise RuntimeError(
-                f"No configuration file found at\n{expanduser(environ['PYCAOSDBINI'])}"
-                "\nwhich was given via the environment variable PYCAOSDBINI"
+                f"No configuration file found at\n{expanduser(environ['PYLINKAHEADINI'])}"
+                "\nwhich was given via the environment variable PYLINKAHEADINI"
             )
-        return_var.extend(configure(expanduser(environ["PYCAOSDBINI"])))
+        return_var.extend(configure(expanduser(environ["PYLINKAHEADINI"])))
     else:
         if isfile(ini_user_caosdb):
             return_var.extend(configure(ini_user_caosdb))
diff --git a/unittests/test_configuration.py b/unittests/test_configuration.py
index 40506e878b18473587da8b694d9381c15bdbd860..95bc906c6c044c51548aa864326cc93f29a6042a 100644
--- a/unittests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/unittests/test_configuration.py
@@ -45,24 +45,24 @@ def temp_ini_files():
         remove("pylinkahead.ini")
     if created_temp_ini_home:
         remove(expanduser("~/.pylinkahead.ini"))
-    environ["PYCAOSDBINI"] = "~/.pylinkahead.ini"
+    environ["PYLINKAHEADINI"] = "~/.pylinkahead.ini"
 
 
 def test_config_ini_via_envvar(temp_ini_files):
 
     with raises(KeyError):
-        environ["PYCAOSDBINI"]
+        environ["PYLINKAHEADINI"]
 
-    environ["PYCAOSDBINI"] = "bla bla"
-    assert environ["PYCAOSDBINI"] == "bla bla"
+    environ["PYLINKAHEADINI"] = "bla bla"
+    assert environ["PYLINKAHEADINI"] == "bla bla"
     # test wrong configuration file in envvar
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
         db.configuration._read_config_files()
     # test good configuration file in envvar
-    environ["PYCAOSDBINI"] = "~/.pylinkahead.ini"
+    environ["PYLINKAHEADINI"] = "~/.pylinkahead.ini"
     assert expanduser("~/.pylinkahead.ini") in db.configuration._read_config_files()
     # test without envvar
-    environ.pop("PYCAOSDBINI")
+    environ.pop("PYLINKAHEADINI")
     assert expanduser("~/.pylinkahead.ini") in db.configuration._read_config_files()
     # test configuration file in cwd
     assert join(getcwd(), "pylinkahead.ini") in db.configuration._read_config_files()