diff --git a/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go b/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go
index 34cbd4d26a..15669e911f 100644
--- a/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go
+++ b/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
 )
 
-const rollingUpdateTaintKey = "kops.k8s.io/rolling-update"
+const rollingUpdateTaintKey = "kops.k8s.io/scheduled-for-update"
 
 // RollingUpdateInstanceGroup is the AWS ASG backing an InstanceGroup.
 type RollingUpdateInstanceGroup struct {
diff --git a/pkg/instancegroups/rollingupdate_test.go b/pkg/instancegroups/rollingupdate_test.go
index 49c0fd1cdd..4a070f9902 100644
--- a/pkg/instancegroups/rollingupdate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/instancegroups/rollingupdate_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	cordonPatch = "{\"spec\":{\"unschedulable\":true}}"
-	taintPatch  = "{\"spec\":{\"taints\":[{\"effect\":\"PreferNoSchedule\",\"key\":\"kops.k8s.io/rolling-update\"}]}}"
+	taintPatch  = "{\"spec\":{\"taints\":[{\"effect\":\"PreferNoSchedule\",\"key\":\"kops.k8s.io/scheduled-for-update\"}]}}"
 )
 
 func getTestSetup() (*RollingUpdateCluster, awsup.AWSCloud, *kopsapi.Cluster, map[string]*cloudinstances.CloudInstanceGroup) {