diff --git a/workspaces/config/lib/index.js b/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
index 1ddf267839195..6520e5616ff41 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
@@ -482,8 +482,9 @@ class Config {
       if (problem.action === 'delete') {
         this.delete(problem.key, problem.where)
       } else if (problem.action === 'rename') {
-        const old = this.get(problem.from, problem.where)
-        this.set(problem.to, old, problem.where)
+        const raw = this.data.get(problem.where).raw?.[problem.from]
+        const calculated = this.get(problem.from, problem.where)
+        this.set(problem.to, raw || calculated, problem.where)
         this.delete(problem.from, problem.where)
       }
     }
diff --git a/workspaces/config/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs b/workspaces/config/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs
index 6680fd2377960..eccdbee3abced 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs
+++ b/workspaces/config/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ exports[`test/index.js TAP credentials management def_auth > other registry 1`]
 Object {}
 `
 
+exports[`test/index.js TAP credentials management def_authEnv > default registry 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "auth": "\${PATH}",
+  "password": "",
+  "username": "<\\u0004�",
+}
+`
+
+exports[`test/index.js TAP credentials management def_authEnv > other registry 1`] = `
+Object {}
+`
+
 exports[`test/index.js TAP credentials management def_passNoUser > default registry 1`] = `
 Object {
   "email": "i@izs.me",
diff --git a/workspaces/config/test/index.js b/workspaces/config/test/index.js
index d7d55c2366237..99c1c3647ef77 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/test/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/config/test/index.js
@@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ email = i@izs.me
       '.npmrc': `_auth = ${Buffer.from('hello:world').toString('base64')}
 always-auth = true`,
     },
+    def_authEnv: {
+      '.npmrc': '_auth = ${PATH}',
+    },
     none_authToken: { '.npmrc': '_authToken = 0bad1de4' },
     none_lcAuthToken: { '.npmrc': '_authtoken = 0bad1de4' },
     none_emptyConfig: { '.npmrc': '' },