diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index dcac01496..379b96b65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
           hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-          AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+          AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
           DATABRICKS_HOST: mock
           DATABRICKS_WAREHOUSE_ID: mock
           DATABRICKS_TOKEN: mock
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
           DATABRICKS_UNIQUE_ID="${{github.run_id}}" hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration-expensive
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-          AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+          AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
           PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
           AIRFLOW_CONN_DATABRICKS_DEFAULT: ${{ secrets.AIRFLOW_CONN_DATABRICKS_DEFAULT }}
           DATABRICKS_CLUSTER_ID: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_CLUSTER_ID }}
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-      AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+      AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
       PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
       AIRFLOW_CONN_DATABRICKS_DEFAULT: ${{ secrets.AIRFLOW_CONN_DATABRICKS_DEFAULT }}
       DATABRICKS_CLUSTER_ID: ${{ secrets.DATABRICKS_CLUSTER_ID }}
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ jobs:
           hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration-sqlite
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-          AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+          AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
           AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGBAG_IMPORT_TIMEOUT: 90.0
           PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
           COSMOS_CONN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSMOS_CONN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-      AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+      AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
       PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
 
   Run-Integration-Tests-DBT-1-5-4:
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ jobs:
           hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration-dbt-1-5-4
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-          AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+          AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
           AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGBAG_IMPORT_TIMEOUT: 90.0
           PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
           COSMOS_CONN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSMOS_CONN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-      AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+      AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
       PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
 
   Run-Performance-Tests:
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ jobs:
           cat /tmp/performance_results.txt > $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-          AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+          AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
           AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGBAG_IMPORT_TIMEOUT: 90.0
           PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
           COSMOS_CONN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSMOS_CONN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ jobs:
           MODEL_COUNT: ${{ matrix.num-models }}
     env:
       AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
-      AIRFLOW_CONN_AIRFLOW_DB: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
+      AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
       PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
 
   Code-Coverage:
diff --git a/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_dag.py b/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_dag.py
index b4f5fed77..f71f351f0 100644
--- a/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_dag.py
+++ b/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_dag.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
         disable_event_tracking=True,
     ),
diff --git a/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_task_group.py b/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_task_group.py
index 209c1a258..4221e3019 100644
--- a/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_task_group.py
+++ b/dev/dags/basic_cosmos_task_group.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
     ),
 )
diff --git a/dev/dags/cosmos_manifest_example.py b/dev/dags/cosmos_manifest_example.py
index 11df6ac94..225b38ddc 100644
--- a/dev/dags/cosmos_manifest_example.py
+++ b/dev/dags/cosmos_manifest_example.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
         dbt_config_vars=DbtProfileConfigVars(send_anonymous_usage_stats=True),
     ),
diff --git a/dev/dags/cosmos_seed_dag.py b/dev/dags/cosmos_seed_dag.py
index b682ecc36..d0b4f4103 100644
--- a/dev/dags/cosmos_seed_dag.py
+++ b/dev/dags/cosmos_seed_dag.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
     ),
 )
diff --git a/dev/dags/example_model_version.py b/dev/dags/example_model_version.py
index 5ff66fe31..df9205f3e 100644
--- a/dev/dags/example_model_version.py
+++ b/dev/dags/example_model_version.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
     ),
 )
diff --git a/dev/dags/example_virtualenv.py b/dev/dags/example_virtualenv.py
index 36f1b3ac3..cd38cba9e 100644
--- a/dev/dags/example_virtualenv.py
+++ b/dev/dags/example_virtualenv.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
     ),
 )
diff --git a/dev/dags/performance_dag.py b/dev/dags/performance_dag.py
index 0cd6e6b09..3ed23c94c 100644
--- a/dev/dags/performance_dag.py
+++ b/dev/dags/performance_dag.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
     ),
 )
diff --git a/tests/dbt/test_graph.py b/tests/dbt/test_graph.py
index c16571966..a08b4e5c0 100644
--- a/tests/dbt/test_graph.py
+++ b/tests/dbt/test_graph.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def postgres_profile_config() -> ProfileConfig:
         profile_name="default",
         target_name="default",
         profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-            conn_id="airflow_db",
+            conn_id="example_conn",
             profile_args={"schema": "public"},
         ),
     )
diff --git a/tests/operators/test_local.py b/tests/operators/test_local.py
index f90237082..ed46caf88 100644
--- a/tests/operators/test_local.py
+++ b/tests/operators/test_local.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
     profile_mapping=PostgresUserPasswordProfileMapping(
-        conn_id="airflow_db",
+        conn_id="example_conn",
         profile_args={"schema": "public"},
     ),
 )