diff --git a/internal/cli/cli.go b/internal/cli/cli.go
index 95cbd241..7accb247 100644
--- a/internal/cli/cli.go
+++ b/internal/cli/cli.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (cli *CLI) ConnectCluster(ctx context.Context, clusterName string) (*client
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse SSH connection %q: %w", conn.SSH, err)
 		}
 
-		keyPath := fs.ExpandHomeDir(conn.IdentityFile)
+		keyPath := fs.ExpandHomeDir(conn.SSHKeyFile)
 
 		sshConfig := &connector.SSHConnectorConfig{
 			User:    user,
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ func (cli *CLI) initRemoteMachine(
 
 	// Save the machine's SSH connection details in the cluster config.
 	connCfg := config.MachineConnection{
-		SSH:          config.NewSSHDestination(remoteMachine.User, remoteMachine.Host, remoteMachine.Port),
-		IdentityFile: remoteMachine.KeyPath,
+		SSH:        config.NewSSHDestination(remoteMachine.User, remoteMachine.Host, remoteMachine.Port),
+		SSHKeyFile: remoteMachine.KeyPath,
 	}
 	cli.config.Clusters[clusterName].Connections = append(cli.config.Clusters[clusterName].Connections, connCfg)
 	if err = cli.config.Save(); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/cli/config/connection.go b/internal/cli/config/connection.go
index 736f4a3f..97273872 100644
--- a/internal/cli/config/connection.go
+++ b/internal/cli/config/connection.go
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 type MachineConnection struct {
-	SSH          SSHDestination `toml:"ssh,omitempty"`
-	TCP          netip.AddrPort `toml:"tcp,omitempty"`
-	Host         string         `toml:"host,omitempty"`
-	PublicKey    secret.Secret  `toml:"public_key,omitempty"`
-	IdentityFile string         `toml:"identity_file,omitempty"`
+	SSH        SSHDestination `toml:"ssh,omitempty"`
+	TCP        netip.AddrPort `toml:"tcp,omitempty"`
+	Host       string         `toml:"host,omitempty"`
+	PublicKey  secret.Secret  `toml:"public_key,omitempty"`
+	SSHKeyFile string         `toml:"ssh_key_file,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // SSHDestination represents an SSH destination string in the canonical form of "user@host:port".