diff --git a/posthog/tasks/periodic_digest.py b/posthog/tasks/periodic_digest.py
index c0b6995b1e91f..0c8161c1be9b2 100644
--- a/posthog/tasks/periodic_digest.py
+++ b/posthog/tasks/periodic_digest.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def send_periodic_digest_report(
     full_report_dict = {
         "team_id": team_id,
         "team_name": team_name,
-        "template": "periodic_digest_report",
+        "template_name": "periodic_digest_report",
         "digest_items_with_data": digest_items_with_data,
         **periodic_digest_report,
         **instance_metadata,
diff --git a/posthog/tasks/test/test_periodic_digest.py b/posthog/tasks/test/test_periodic_digest.py
index 4d495eac6aa8d..a4fed64b0b8f6 100644
--- a/posthog/tasks/test/test_periodic_digest.py
+++ b/posthog/tasks/test/test_periodic_digest.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def test_periodic_digest_report(self, mock_capture: MagicMock) -> None:
         expected_properties = {
             "team_id": self.team.id,
             "team_name": self.team.name,
-            "template": "periodic_digest_report",
+            "template_name": "periodic_digest_report",
             "users_who_logged_in": [],
             "users_who_logged_in_count": 0,
             "users_who_signed_up": [],
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_periodic_digest_report_custom_dates(self, mock_capture: MagicMock) -> N
         expected_properties = {
             "team_id": self.team.id,
             "team_name": self.team.name,
-            "template": "periodic_digest_report",
+            "template_name": "periodic_digest_report",
             "users_who_logged_in": [],
             "users_who_logged_in_count": 0,
             "users_who_signed_up": [],