diff --git a/linera-views/src/backends/scylla_db.rs b/linera-views/src/backends/scylla_db.rs
index 698b6e6e5a4e..2757887bb0b4 100644
--- a/linera-views/src/backends/scylla_db.rs
+++ b/linera-views/src/backends/scylla_db.rs
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ impl AdminKeyValueStore for ScyllaDbStoreInternal {
         // Create a keyspace if it doesn't exist
         let query = format!(
             "CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS kv WITH REPLICATION = {{ \
-                'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', \
+                'class' : 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', \
                 'replication_factor' : {} \
             }}",
             config.common_config.replication_factor