diff --git a/templates/config.toml.j2 b/templates/config.toml.j2
index 03552da..def33c5 100644
--- a/templates/config.toml.j2
+++ b/templates/config.toml.j2
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ p2p-host="{{besu_host_ip}}"
 {% endif %}
 p2p-port={{besu_p2p_port}}
 {% if besu_max_peers is defined %}
-max_peers={{besu_max_peers}}
+max-peers={{besu_max_peers}}
 {% endif %}
 
 # metrics