diff --git a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go
index 1ba9af82..43b6d78c 100644
--- a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go
+++ b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/rke_types.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ type RancherKubernetesEngineConfig struct {
 	// Network configuration used in the kubernetes cluster (flannel, calico)
 	Network NetworkConfig `yaml:"network" json:"network,omitempty"`
 	// Authentication configuration used in the cluster (default: x509)
-	Authentication AuthConfig `yaml:"auth" json:"auth,omitempty"`
+	Authentication AuthnConfig `yaml:"authentication" json:"authentication,omitempty"`
 	// YAML manifest for user provided addons to be deployed on the cluster
 	Addons string `yaml:"addons" json:"addons,omitempty"`
 	// List of images used internally for proxy, cert downlaod and kubedns
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ type NetworkConfig struct {
 	Options map[string]string `yaml:"options" json:"options,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type AuthConfig struct {
+type AuthnConfig struct {
 	// Authentication strategy that will be used in kubernetes cluster
 	Strategy string `yaml:"strategy" json:"strategy,omitempty"`
 	// Authentication options
diff --git a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/zz_generated_deepcopy.go b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/zz_generated_deepcopy.go
index 74bcca2e..64ff990c 100644
--- a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/zz_generated_deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/zz_generated_deepcopy.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (in *AmazonEC2Config) DeepCopy() *AmazonEC2Config {
 }
 
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *AuthConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *AuthConfig) {
+func (in *AuthnConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *AuthnConfig) {
 	*out = *in
 	if in.Options != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Options, &out.Options
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ func (in *AuthConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *AuthConfig) {
 	return
 }
 
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new AuthConfig.
-func (in *AuthConfig) DeepCopy() *AuthConfig {
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new AuthnConfig.
+func (in *AuthnConfig) DeepCopy() *AuthnConfig {
 	if in == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	out := new(AuthConfig)
+	out := new(AuthnConfig)
 	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
 	return out
 }
diff --git a/client/management/v3/zz_generated_auth_config.go b/client/management/v3/zz_generated_auth_config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 15a85fb4..00000000
--- a/client/management/v3/zz_generated_auth_config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package client
-
-const (
-	AuthConfigType          = "authConfig"
-	AuthConfigFieldOptions  = "options"
-	AuthConfigFieldStrategy = "strategy"
-)
-
-type AuthConfig struct {
-	Options  map[string]string `json:"options,omitempty"`
-	Strategy string            `json:"strategy,omitempty"`
-}
diff --git a/client/management/v3/zz_generated_authn_config.go b/client/management/v3/zz_generated_authn_config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a2eeab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/management/v3/zz_generated_authn_config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package client
+
+const (
+	AuthnConfigType          = "authnConfig"
+	AuthnConfigFieldOptions  = "options"
+	AuthnConfigFieldStrategy = "strategy"
+)
+
+type AuthnConfig struct {
+	Options  map[string]string `json:"options,omitempty"`
+	Strategy string            `json:"strategy,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/client/management/v3/zz_generated_rancher_kubernetes_engine_config.go b/client/management/v3/zz_generated_rancher_kubernetes_engine_config.go
index b88e8edc..8d05fd05 100644
--- a/client/management/v3/zz_generated_rancher_kubernetes_engine_config.go
+++ b/client/management/v3/zz_generated_rancher_kubernetes_engine_config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package client
 const (
 	RancherKubernetesEngineConfigType                = "rancherKubernetesEngineConfig"
 	RancherKubernetesEngineConfigFieldAddons         = "addons"
-	RancherKubernetesEngineConfigFieldAuthentication = "auth"
+	RancherKubernetesEngineConfigFieldAuthentication = "authentication"
 	RancherKubernetesEngineConfigFieldAuthorization  = "authorization"
 	RancherKubernetesEngineConfigFieldNetwork        = "network"
 	RancherKubernetesEngineConfigFieldNodes          = "nodes"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const (
 
 type RancherKubernetesEngineConfig struct {
 	Addons         string             `json:"addons,omitempty"`
-	Authentication *AuthConfig        `json:"auth,omitempty"`
+	Authentication *AuthnConfig       `json:"authentication,omitempty"`
 	Authorization  *AuthzConfig       `json:"authorization,omitempty"`
 	Network        *NetworkConfig     `json:"network,omitempty"`
 	Nodes          []RKEConfigNode    `json:"nodes,omitempty"`