diff --git a/confluence/.env-template b/confluence/.env-template
index a85d3a002..7c2fadf07 100644
--- a/confluence/.env-template
+++ b/confluence/.env-template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFLUENCE_USER=
-CONFLUENCE_PASSWORD=
+CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN=
 CONFLUENCE_PRODUCT_URL=https://sample.atlassian.net
 CONFLUENCE_SPACE_NAME=
 CONFLUENCE_SEARCH_LIMIT=10
diff --git a/confluence/README.md b/confluence/README.md
index 70e0dfbad..d3f58d4de 100644
--- a/confluence/README.md
+++ b/confluence/README.md
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ This connector requires the following environment variables:
 
 ```
 CONFLUENCE_USER
-CONFLUENCE_PASSWORD
+CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN
 CONFLUENCE_PRODUCT_URL
 CONFLUENCE_SPACE_NAME
 ```
 
-The user and password combination should be a user email address and an API token pair.
+The user and api token combination should be a user email address and an API token pair.
+The API token can be generated by logging into Confluence and going
+to the API tokens [page](https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens).
 The product URL should be the URL for the Confluence wiki, including the https:// scheme.
 The space name should be the name of a single space in your wiki.
 
diff --git a/confluence/dev/load_data.py b/confluence/dev/load_data.py
index b2d89730f..501d5516b 100644
--- a/confluence/dev/load_data.py
+++ b/confluence/dev/load_data.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 confluence = Confluence(
     url=os.environ.get("CONFLUENCE_PRODUCT_URL"),
-    username=os.environ.get("CONFLUENCE_CLIENT_USER"),
-    password=os.environ.get("CONFLUENCE_CLIENT_PASS"),
+    username=os.environ.get("CONFLUENCE_USER"),
+    password=os.environ.get("CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN"),
 )
 space = os.environ.get("CONFLUENCE_SPACE_NAME")
 
diff --git a/confluence/provider/client.py b/confluence/provider/client.py
index b69d653af..f68ba0307 100644
--- a/confluence/provider/client.py
+++ b/confluence/provider/client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import asyncio
 import functools
 
-import asyncio
 from atlassian import Confluence
 from flask import current_app as app
 
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 
 
 class ConfluenceClient:
-    def __init__(self, url, user, password, space, search_limit=10):
+    def __init__(self, url, user, api_token, space, search_limit=10):
         try:
             self.confluence = Confluence(
                 url=url,
                 username=user,
-                password=password,
+                password=api_token,
             )
             self.space = space
             self.search_limit = search_limit
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ def get_client():
 
     assert (url := app.config.get("PRODUCT_URL")), "CONFLUENCE_PRODUCT_URL must be set"
     assert (user := app.config.get("USER")), "CONFLUENCE_USER must be set"
-    assert (password := app.config.get("PASSWORD")), "CONFLUENCE_PASSWORD must be set"
+    assert (
+        api_token := app.config.get("API_TOKEN")
+    ), "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN must be set"
     assert (space := app.config.get("SPACE_NAME")), "CONFLUENCE_SPACE_NAME must be set"
     search_limit = app.config.get("SEARCH_LIMIT", 10)
-    client = ConfluenceClient(url, user, password, space, search_limit)
+    client = ConfluenceClient(url, user, api_token, space, search_limit)
 
     return client