diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 01000db97..475d142ae 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ options:
       The private docker registry configured as dockerhub mirror to be used by the runners. If set 
       a message will be displayed prior to job execution on self-hosted runner informing users to 
       use the provided registry.
-  use-aproxy:
+  experimental-use-aproxy:
     type: boolean
     default: false
     description: |
diff --git a/src/charm_state.py b/src/charm_state.py
index fc0f5dd66..e153222e2 100644
--- a/src/charm_state.py
+++ b/src/charm_state.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def from_charm(cls, charm: CharmBase) -> "ProxyConfig":
         Returns:
             Current proxy config of the charm.
         """
-        use_aproxy = bool(charm.config.get("use-aproxy"))
+        use_aproxy = bool(charm.config.get("experimental-use-aproxy"))
         http_proxy = get_env_var("JUJU_CHARM_HTTP_PROXY") or None
         https_proxy = get_env_var("JUJU_CHARM_HTTPS_PROXY") or None
         no_proxy = get_env_var("JUJU_CHARM_NO_PROXY") or None
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_charm_with_proxy.py b/tests/integration/test_charm_with_proxy.py
index ce0b70731..a4cc8d7ed 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_charm_with_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_charm_with_proxy.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async def app_with_aproxy_fixture(
         }
     )
 
-    await app_no_runner.set_config({"use-aproxy": "true"})
+    await app_no_runner.set_config({"experimental-use-aproxy": "true"})
 
     return app_no_runner
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_charm.py b/tests/unit/test_charm.py
index 233fd6314..911df6b54 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_charm.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_charm.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def test_on_config_changed_failure(self, run, wt, mkdir, rm):
         rm.return_value = mock_rm = MagicMock()
         mock_rm.get_latest_runner_bin_url = mock_get_latest_runner_bin_url
         harness = Harness(GithubRunnerCharm)
-        harness.update_config({"use-aproxy": True})
+        harness.update_config({"experimental-use-aproxy": True})
         harness.begin()
 
         assert harness.charm.unit.status == BlockedStatus("Invalid proxy configuration")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_charm_state.py b/tests/unit/test_charm_state.py
index 8e764b9bc..c40274346 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_charm_state.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_charm_state.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_aproxy_proxy_missing():
     """
     charm = MagicMock()
     charm.model.relations.__getitem__.return_value = []
-    charm.config = {"use-aproxy": "true"}
+    charm.config = {"experimental-use-aproxy": "true"}
 
     with pytest.raises(CharmConfigInvalidError):
         State.from_charm(charm)