diff --git a/apps/emqx_dashboard/etc/emqx_dashboard.conf b/apps/emqx_dashboard/etc/emqx_dashboard.conf
index e727460e6..f0d77c589 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_dashboard/etc/emqx_dashboard.conf
+++ b/apps/emqx_dashboard/etc/emqx_dashboard.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 dashboard {
-    default_username = "test"
+    default_username = "admin"
     default_password = "public"
     ## Note: sample_interval should be a divisor of 60.
     ## like 1s, 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s, 12s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 60s