diff --git a/ops/buildkite/build-code b/ops/buildkite/build-code
index 4466d1f37c9..960d87a3780 100755
--- a/ops/buildkite/build-code
+++ b/ops/buildkite/build-code
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ update_env() {
     sed -i "s|^BAKED_SITE_DIR=.*$|BAKED_SITE_DIR=/home/owid/live-data/bakedSite|" owid-grapher/.env
     # NOTE: this should be identical once we merge to master
     sed -i "s|^BAKED_BASE_URL=.*$|BAKED_BASE_URL=$BAKED_BASE_URL|" owid-grapher/.env
+    # replace live-db.owid.io by owid-live-db
+    sed -i "s|^GRAPHER_DB_HOST=.*$|GRAPHER_DB_HOST=owid-live-db|" owid-grapher/.env
+    sed -i "s|^WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=.*$|WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=owid-live-db|" owid-grapher/.env
 }