diff --git a/.changelog/3505.txt b/.changelog/3505.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3118b0a0c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3505.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:note
+New environment variables: We added support for the `MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_API_KEY` and `MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_API_KEY` environment variables which are widely used across the MongoDB ecosystem.
+```
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index c751bab236..f02c4288d1 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ You can use any the following methods:
 ### Environment Variables
 
 You can also provide your credentials via the environment variables, 
-`MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY` and `MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY`,
+`MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_API_KEY` and `MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_API_KEY`,
 for your public and private MongoDB Atlas programmatic API key pair respectively:
 
 ```terraform
@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ provider "mongodbatlas" {}
 Usage (prefix the export commands with a space to avoid the keys being recorded in OS history):
 
 ```shell
-$  export MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY="<ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY>"
-$  export MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY="<ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY>"
+$  export MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_API_KEY="<ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY>"
+$  export MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_API_KEY="<ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY>"
 $ terraform plan
 ```
 
-As an alternative to `MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY` and `MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY`
-if you are using [MongoDB CLI](https://docs.mongodb.com/mongocli/stable/) 
-then `MCLI_PUBLIC_API_KEY` and `MCLI_PRIVATE_API_KEY` are also supported.
+We recommend that you use the `MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_API_KEY` and `MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_API_KEY` environment variables because they are compatible with other MongoDB tools, such as Atlas CLI.
+You can still use `MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY` and `MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY` as alternative keys in your local environment. However, these environment variables are not guaranteed to work across all tools in the MongoDB ecosystem.
 
 ### AWS Secrets Manager
 AWS Secrets Manager (AWS SM) helps to manage, retrieve, and rotate database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycles. See [product page](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/) and [documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/what-is-systems-manager.html) for more details.
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index 061c21d7a0..4873ddcbf1 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ func setDefaultValuesWithValidations(ctx context.Context, data *tfMongodbAtlasPr
 
 	if data.PublicKey.ValueString() == "" {
 		data.PublicKey = types.StringValue(MultiEnvDefaultFunc([]string{
+			"MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_API_KEY",
 			"MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY",
 			"MCLI_PUBLIC_API_KEY",
 		}, "").(string))
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ func setDefaultValuesWithValidations(ctx context.Context, data *tfMongodbAtlasPr
 
 	if data.PrivateKey.ValueString() == "" {
 		data.PrivateKey = types.StringValue(MultiEnvDefaultFunc([]string{
+			"MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_API_KEY",
 			"MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY",
 			"MCLI_PRIVATE_API_KEY",
 		}, "").(string))
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider_sdk2.go b/internal/provider/provider_sdk2.go
index b81132686c..052a3518d7 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider_sdk2.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider_sdk2.go
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ func setDefaultsAndValidations(d *schema.ResourceData) diag.Diagnostics {
 	}
 
 	if err := setValueFromConfigOrEnv(d, "public_key", []string{
+		"MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_API_KEY",
 		"MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY",
 		"MCLI_PUBLIC_API_KEY",
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ func setDefaultsAndValidations(d *schema.ResourceData) diag.Diagnostics {
 	}
 
 	if err := setValueFromConfigOrEnv(d, "private_key", []string{
+		"MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_API_KEY",
 		"MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY",
 		"MCLI_PRIVATE_API_KEY",
 	}); err != nil {