diff --git a/base/symbols/symbols.Deployment.yaml b/base/symbols/symbols.Deployment.yaml
index af8398908661..019c34b7035b 100644
--- a/base/symbols/symbols.Deployment.yaml
+++ b/base/symbols/symbols.Deployment.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.name
-        - name: CACHE_DIR
+        - name: SYMBOLS_CACHE_DIR
           value: /mnt/cache/$(POD_NAME)
           # OTEL_AGENT_HOST must be defined before OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT to substitute the node IP on which the DaemonSet pod instance runs in the latter variable
         - name: OTEL_AGENT_HOST