diff --git a/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh b/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh
index 5b2b78d0d296..56f03e097ad2 100755
--- a/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh
+++ b/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ AIRFLOW_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${AIRFLOW_ADMIN_PASSWORD:-admin}
 
 OPENMETADATA_SERVER=${OPENMETADATA_SERVER:-"http://openmetadata-server:8585"}
 
-sed -i "s#\(sql_alchemy_conn = \).*#\1${DB_CONN}#" /opt/airflow/airflow.cfg
+export AIRFLOW__DATABASE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN="${DB_CONN}"
 
 airflow db init