diff --git a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbbackend/mysql_backend.cc b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbbackend/mysql_backend.cc
index e2c973859..d297bda67 100644
--- a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbbackend/mysql_backend.cc
+++ b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbbackend/mysql_backend.cc
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ MXS_MODULE* MXS_CREATE_MODULE()
  */
 static char* gw_backend_default_auth()
 {
-    return const_cast<char*>("MySQLBackendAuth");
+    return const_cast<char*>("mariadbbackendauth");
 }
 /*lint +e14 */
 
diff --git a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbclient/mysql_client.cc b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbclient/mysql_client.cc
index 9bf108d77..887601580 100644
--- a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbclient/mysql_client.cc
+++ b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/mariadbclient/mysql_client.cc
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void thread_finish(void)
  */
 static char* gw_default_auth()
 {
-    return (char*)"MySQLAuth";
+    return (char*)"mariadbauth";
 }
 
 std::string get_version_string(SERVICE* service)