diff --git a/age/keysource.go b/age/keysource.go
index d2f6e2ec8..f52d6f442 100644
--- a/age/keysource.go
+++ b/age/keysource.go
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ const (
 	// SopsAgeKeyFileEnv can be set as an environment variable pointing to an
 	// age keys file.
 	SopsAgeKeyFileEnv = "SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE"
-	// SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyEnv can be set as an environment variable pointing to
+	// SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyFileEnv can be set as an environment variable pointing to
 	// a private SSH key file.
-	SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyEnv = "SOPS_AGE_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
+	SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyFileEnv = "SOPS_AGE_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE"
 	// SopsAgeKeyUserConfigPath is the default age keys file path in
 	// getUserConfigDir().
 	SopsAgeKeyUserConfigPath = "sops/age/keys.txt"
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func parseSSHIdentityFromPrivateKeyFile(keyPath string) (age.Identity, error) {
 // environment variable is not present, it will fall back to `~/.ssh/id_ed25519`
 // or `~/.ssh/id_rsa`. If no age SSH identity is found, it will return nil.
 func loadAgeSSHIdentity() (age.Identity, error) {
-	sshKeyFilePath, ok := os.LookupEnv(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyEnv)
+	sshKeyFilePath, ok := os.LookupEnv(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyFileEnv)
 	if ok {
 		return parseSSHIdentityFromPrivateKeyFile(sshKeyFilePath)
 	}
diff --git a/age/keysource_test.go b/age/keysource_test.go
index bf6e3ffe1..f2b592489 100644
--- a/age/keysource_test.go
+++ b/age/keysource_test.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func TestMasterKey_Decrypt(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(keyPath), 0o700))
 		assert.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(keyPath, []byte(mockSshIdentity), 0o644))
-		t.Setenv(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyEnv, keyPath)
+		t.Setenv(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyFileEnv, keyPath)
 
 		got, err := key.Decrypt()
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func TestMasterKey_loadIdentities(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Len(t, got, 1)
 	})
 
-	t.Run(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyEnv, func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyFileEnv, func(t *testing.T) {
 		tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 		overwriteUserConfigDir(t, tmpDir)
 
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func TestMasterKey_loadIdentities(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(keyPath), 0o700))
 		assert.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(keyPath, []byte(mockSshIdentity), 0o644))
-		t.Setenv(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyEnv, keyPath)
+		t.Setenv(SopsAgeSshPrivateKeyFileEnv, keyPath)
 
 		key := &MasterKey{}
 		got, err := key.loadIdentities()