diff --git a/pkg/eventemitter/azure_event_grid_topic_handler.go b/pkg/eventemitter/azure_event_grid_topic_handler.go
index e249fe5def8..fd1cd2f7116 100644
--- a/pkg/eventemitter/azure_event_grid_topic_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/eventemitter/azure_event_grid_topic_handler.go
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func NewAzureEventGridTopicHandler(context context.Context, clusterName string,
 
 	switch podIdentity.Provider {
 	case "", kedav1alpha1.PodIdentityProviderNone:
-		if authParams["key"] == "" {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("no key provided")
+		if authParams["azureEventGridAcceessKey"] == "" {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("no azure event grid access key provided")
 			break
 		}
 		client, err = publisher.NewClientWithSharedKeyCredential(spec.Endpoint, azcore.NewKeyCredential(authParams["key"]), nil)
diff --git a/tests/eventemitter/azureeventgridtopic/azureeventgridtopic_test.go b/tests/eventemitter/azureeventgridtopic/azureeventgridtopic_test.go
index 7fad5a19ded..2c3660b841e 100644
--- a/tests/eventemitter/azureeventgridtopic/azureeventgridtopic_test.go
+++ b/tests/eventemitter/azureeventgridtopic/azureeventgridtopic_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ metadata:
   name: {{.SecretName}}
   namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
 data:
-  key: {{.EventGridKey}}
+  azureEventGridAcceessKey: {{.EventGridKey}}
 `
 
 	triggerAuthTemplate = `
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ func testEventSourceEmitValue(t *testing.T, _ *kubernetes.Clientset, data templa
 // help function to load template data
 func getTemplateData() (templateData, []Template) {
 	base64EventGridKey := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(eventGridKey))
-	fmt.Printf("eventGridKey: %s\n", eventGridKey)
-	fmt.Printf("base64EventGridKey: %s\n", base64EventGridKey)
 	return templateData{
 			TestNamespace:           namespace,
 			ClientName:              clientName,