diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl
index f3f014321..abccca9fb 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl
@@ -335,11 +335,12 @@ fields(cluster_etcd) ->
                     desc => ?DESC(cluster_etcd_node_ttl)
                 }
             )},
-        {"ssl",
+        {"ssl_options",
             sc(
                 ?R_REF(emqx_schema, "ssl_client_opts"),
                 #{
                     desc => ?DESC(cluster_etcd_ssl),
+                    alias => [ssl],
                     'readOnly' => true
                 }
             )}
diff --git a/changes/ce/feat-10491.en.md b/changes/ce/feat-10491.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1c38b6bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/feat-10491.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Rename `etcd.ssl` to `etcd.ssl_options` to keep all of SSL options consistent in the configuration file.