diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform.go b/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform.go
index 2fe0bfd466..1bc6487ea5 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 	clusterResolverConfig                        = "cluster-resolver-config"
 	hubResolverConfig                            = "hubresolver-config"
 	gitResolverConfig                            = "git-resolver-config"
-	leaderElectionConfig                         = "config-leader-election"
+	leaderElectionConfig                         = "config-leader-election-controller"
 	pipelinesControllerDeployment                = "tekton-pipelines-controller"
 	pipelinesControllerContainer                 = "tekton-pipelines-controller"
 	pipelinesRemoteResolversControllerDeployment = "tekton-pipelines-remote-resolvers"
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform_test.go
index d5aa3771cc..60b6c5dd08 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/kubernetes/tektonpipeline/transform_test.go
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ func TestUpdatePerformanceFlagsInDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 	// update expected output
 	depExpected := depInput.DeepCopy()
 	depExpected.Spec.Template.Labels = map[string]string{
-		"app":                                 "hello",
-		"config-leader-election.data.buckets": "2",
-		"deployment.spec.replicas":            "1",
+		"app": "hello",
+		"config-leader-election-controller.data.buckets": "2",
+		"deployment.spec.replicas":                       "1",
 	}
 	// flags order is important
 	depExpected.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[1].Args = []string{