diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/deploy/utils.py b/src/crewai/cli/deploy/utils.py
index b01356ef8..77d3bb872 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/deploy/utils.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/deploy/utils.py
@@ -83,6 +83,4 @@ def fetch_and_json_env_file(env_file_path: str = ".env") -> dict:
 
 
 def get_auth_token():
-    return os.environ.get(
-        "TOKEN", "958303356b9a21884a83ddb6e774cc06c6f1dd0e04222fbc5a4e8a9ae02c140e"
-    )
+    return os.environ.get("TOKEN", "<YOUR_API_KEY>")