diff --git a/deployer/feature/task/feature_setup.php b/deployer/feature/task/feature_setup.php
index 484584d..4da408b 100644
--- a/deployer/feature/task/feature_setup.php
+++ b/deployer/feature/task/feature_setup.php
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ function renderRemoteTemplates(): void
         'DEPLOYER_CONFIG_FEATURE_NAME' => (string)$feature,
         'DEPLOYER_CONFIG_FEATURE_URL' => get('public_urls')[0],
         'DEPLOYER_CONFIG_FEATURE_PATH' => $featurePath,
+        'DEPLOYER_CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_KEY' => bin2hex(random_bytes(48)),
     ],
         $additionalTemplateVariables)
     ;
diff --git a/deployer/typo3/example/deployer/templates/.env.dist b/deployer/typo3/example/deployer/templates/.env.dist
index 8d55d70..719f589 100644
--- a/deployer/typo3/example/deployer/templates/.env.dist
+++ b/deployer/typo3/example/deployer/templates/.env.dist
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TYPO3_CONF_VARS__DB__Connections__Default__user={{DEPLOYER_CONFIG_DATABASE_USER}
 TYPO3_CONF_VARS__DB__Connections__Default__dbname={{DEPLOYER_CONFIG_DATABASE_NAME}}
 
 # Secret Encryption Key
-TYPO3_CONF_VARS__SYS__encryptionKey='kjasdf980uhIUOJHgh908DAGUSDHCAG78OSDFHIA<BS98ogu>ypO'
+TYPO3_CONF_VARS__SYS__encryptionKey='{{DEPLOYER_CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_KEY}}'
 
 # TYPO3s compression is unnecessary and error-prone
 TYPO3_CONF_VARS__FE__compressionLevel=0