diff --git a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_session.py b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_session.py
index 48055810d45..5eaf43ff6ec 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_session.py
+++ b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_session.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import binascii
 from typing import Final
 
-DEFAULT_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME: Final[str] = "osparc-sc"
+DEFAULT_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME: Final[str] = "osparc-sc-v2"
 _32_BYTES_LENGTH: Final[int] = 32
 
 
diff --git a/services/docker-compose-dev-vendors.yml b/services/docker-compose-dev-vendors.yml
index cb2e45910eb..5aeb60ac86a 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose-dev-vendors.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose-dev-vendors.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
         # auth
         - traefik.http.middlewares.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_manual-auth.forwardauth.address=http://${WEBSERVER_HOST}:${WEBSERVER_PORT}/v0/auth:check
         - traefik.http.middlewares.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_manual-auth.forwardauth.trustForwardHeader=true
-        - traefik.http.middlewares.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_manual-auth.forwardauth.authResponseHeaders=Set-Cookie,osparc-sc
+        - traefik.http.middlewares.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_manual-auth.forwardauth.authResponseHeaders=Set-Cookie,osparc-sc-v2
         # routing
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_manual.loadbalancer.server.port=80
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_manual.loadbalancer.healthcheck.path=/