diff --git a/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt b/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt
index 6accf2cd0f29..a6ad98fa909c 100644
--- a/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ class OrtConfigurationTest : WordSpec({
                 ort:
                   scanner:
                     storages:
+                      postgres:
+                        connection:
+                          url: "postgresql://your-postgresql-server:5444/your-database"
+                          schema: public
+                          username: username
+                          password: password
+                    provenanceStorage:
                       postgresStorage:
                         connection:
                           url: "postgresql://your-postgresql-server:5444/your-database"
@@ -251,20 +258,23 @@ class OrtConfigurationTest : WordSpec({
                 """.trimIndent()
             )
 
-            val env = mapOf("ort.scanner.storages.postgresStorage.connection.password" to "envPassword")
+            val env = mapOf(
+                "ort.scanner.storages.postgres.connection.password" to "envPassword",
+                "ort.scanner.provenanceStorage.postgresStorage.connection.password" to "envPassword"
+            )
 
             withEnvironment(env) {
                 val config = OrtConfiguration.load(
                     args = mapOf(
-                        "ort.scanner.storages.postgresStorage.connection.schema" to "argsSchema",
-                        "ort.scanner.storages.postgresStorage.connection.password" to "argsPassword",
+                        "ort.scanner.storages.postgres.connection.schema" to "argsSchema",
+                        "ort.scanner.storages.postgres.connection.password" to "argsPassword",
                         "other.property" to "someValue"
                     ),
                     file = configFile
                 )
 
                 config.scanner.storages shouldNotBeNull {
-                    val postgresStorage = this["postgresStorage"]
+                    val postgresStorage = this["postgres"]
                     postgresStorage.shouldBeInstanceOf<PostgresStorageConfiguration>()
                     with(postgresStorage.connection) {
                         username shouldBe "username"
@@ -272,6 +282,16 @@ class OrtConfigurationTest : WordSpec({
                         password shouldBe "envPassword"
                     }
                 }
+
+                config.scanner.provenanceStorage shouldNotBeNull {
+                    postgresStorage.shouldBeInstanceOf<PostgresStorageConfiguration>().also { postgresStorage ->
+                        with(postgresStorage.connection) {
+                            username shouldBe "username"
+                            schema shouldBe "public"
+                            password shouldBe "envPassword"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }