diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7db8fb92ddeaf2d7bb0f7498cbd5a681cc1b82a..52b094f0de9c4997e4e3b617f1f93a6b545e00a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ It is bound to the `test` stage, and uses the following variables:
 | ------------------------ | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
 | `SONAR_SCANNER_IMAGE`    | The Docker image used to run [sonar-scanner](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/analysis/scan/sonarscanner/) | `sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli:latest` |
 | `SONAR_HOST_URL`         | SonarQube server url            | _none_ (disabled) |
-| :lock: `SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN`| SonarQube authentication [token](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/user-guide/user-token/) (depends on your authentication method) | _none_ |
+| :lock: `SONAR_TOKEN`     | SonarQube authentication [token](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/user-guide/user-token/) (depends on your authentication method) | _none_ |
 | :lock: `SONAR_LOGIN`     | SonarQube login (depends on your authentication method)                | _none_ |
 | :lock: `SONAR_PASSWORD`  | SonarQube password (depends on your authentication method)             | _none_ |
 | `SONAR_BASE_ARGS`        | SonarQube [analysis arguments](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/analysis/analysis-parameters/) | `-Dsonar.projectKey=${CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG} -Dsonar.projectName=${CI_PROJECT_PATH} -Dsonar.projectBaseDir=. -Dsonar.links.homepage=${CI_PROJECT_URL} -Dsonar.links.ci=${CI_PROJECT_URL}/-/pipelines -Dsonar.links.issue=${CI_PROJECT_URL}/-/issues` |
diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index 2571b6899abd3527273e3cfb7382e59976edb8a2..22f59322b5c30c7b25ede1be083e31859e91b8c7 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       "mandatory": true
     },
     {
-      "name": "SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN",
+      "name": "SONAR_TOKEN",
       "description": "SonarQube authentication [token](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/user-guide/user-token/) (depends on your authentication method)",
       "secret": true
     },
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
index 89e3b06c3c9542233849356bcb2f8f5481570ed7..d9f4750f8ee43702e94ed7c66f680e9dc592c319 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
@@ -319,7 +319,13 @@ sonar:
         log_warn '$SONAR_URL variable defined: use $SONAR_HOST_URL instead (see doc)'
         export SONAR_HOST_URL="$SONAR_URL"
       fi
-    - sonar-scanner ${TRACE+-Dsonar.verbose=true} $java_proxy_args ${SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN+-Dsonar.login=$SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN} ${SONAR_LOGIN+-Dsonar.login=$SONAR_LOGIN} ${SONAR_PASSWORD+-Dsonar.password=$SONAR_PASSWORD} $SONAR_BASE_ARGS $sonar_extra_args $sonar_mr_args
+    - |
+      if [[ "$SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN" ]] && [[ -z "$SONAR_TOKEN" ]]
+      then 
+        log_warn '$SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN variable defined: use $SONAR_TOKEN instead (see doc)'
+        export SONAR_TOKEN="$SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN"
+      fi
+    - sonar-scanner ${TRACE+-Dsonar.verbose=true} $java_proxy_args ${SONAR_LOGIN+-Dsonar.login=$SONAR_LOGIN} ${SONAR_PASSWORD+-Dsonar.password=$SONAR_PASSWORD} $SONAR_BASE_ARGS $sonar_extra_args $sonar_mr_args
   rules:
     - !reference [.test-policy, rules]