diff --git a/app/models/apple/api.rb b/app/models/apple/api.rb
index 69e79e9e2..20375f664 100644
--- a/app/models/apple/api.rb
+++ b/app/models/apple/api.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def self.api_base
     end
 
     def self.api_aud_name
-      ENV["APPLE_PODCASTS_CONNECT_AUD_NAME"]
+      ENV["APPLE_PODCASTS_CONNECT_API_AUD_NAME"]
     end
 
     def self.from_key(apple_key)
diff --git a/test/models/apple/api_test.rb b/test/models/apple/api_test.rb
index 22b307ec0..e5e66e5b9 100644
--- a/test/models/apple/api_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/apple/api_test.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     payload = decoded.first
 
     assert_equal payload["iss"], provider_id
+    assert_equal payload["aud"], "aardvark"
     assert Time.at(payload["exp"]).utc.to_datetime > Time.now.utc + 14.minutes
 
     algo = decoded.second
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@
     assert_equal algo, "typ" => "JWT", "alg" => "ES256", "kid" => key_id
   end
 
+  it "includes the aud from the environment variable" do
+    assert_equal "aardvark", Apple::Api.api_aud_name
+    assert_equal ENV["APPLE_PODCASTS_CONNECT_API_AUD_NAME"], Apple::Api.api_aud_name
+  end
+
   describe "#local_api_retry_errors" do
     it "local api attempts exhausts retries until failure" do
       attempts = 0
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 158664cdf..1d6f27443 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 ENV["ACTIVE_RECORD_ENCRYPTION_KEY_DERIVATION_SALT"] = "maybeyouarefeelingsaltyaboutthis"
 ENV["PODPING_AUTH_TOKEN"] = "test_token"
 ENV["APPLE_PODCASTS_CONNECT_API_URL"] = "https://aardvark.prx.org/"
+ENV["APPLE_PODCASTS_CONNECT_API_AUD_NAME"] = "aardvark"
 
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
 require_relative "../config/environment"