diff --git a/common/source/java/genericCommonContext.xml b/common/source/java/genericCommonContext.xml
index a386c0ceba3cf469e0c88885a2c2d9f4d4c83af0..f943fb1d092bc736a288bb46c5478cc02efa08f6 100644
--- a/common/source/java/genericCommonContext.xml
+++ b/common/source/java/genericCommonContext.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <bean id="authentication-cache-configuration"
     		class="ch.systemsx.cisd.authentication.file.CachingAuthenticationConfiguration">
         <property name="delegate" ref="ldap-crowd-authentication-service" />
-        <property name="passwordCacheFile" value="etc/password_cache" />
+        <property name="passwordCacheFile" value="etc/passwd_cache" />
         <property name="cacheTimeStr" value="${authentication.cache.time}" />
         <property name="cacheTimeNoRevalidationStr" value="${authentication.cache.time-no-revalidation}" />
     </bean>