diff --git a/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/constants.ts b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/constants.ts
index c3f8c2390d..ab74559ce7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/environments/sourceControl/constants.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ export const SOURCE_CONTROL_PREFERENCES_DB_KEY = 'features.sourceControl';
 export const SOURCE_CONTROL_GIT_FOLDER = 'git';
 export const SOURCE_CONTROL_GIT_KEY_COMMENT = 'n8n deploy key';
 export const SOURCE_CONTROL_WORKFLOW_EXPORT_FOLDER = 'workflows';
-export const SOURCE_CONTROL_CREDENTIAL_EXPORT_FOLDER = 'credentials';
-export const SOURCE_CONTROL_VARIABLES_EXPORT_FILE = 'variables.json';
+export const SOURCE_CONTROL_CREDENTIAL_EXPORT_FOLDER = 'credential_stubs';
+export const SOURCE_CONTROL_VARIABLES_EXPORT_FILE = 'variable_stubs.json';
 export const SOURCE_CONTROL_TAGS_EXPORT_FILE = 'tags.json';
 export const SOURCE_CONTROL_SSH_FOLDER = 'ssh';
 export const SOURCE_CONTROL_SSH_KEY_NAME = 'key';