diff --git a/scripts/daily-infra-report.py b/scripts/daily-infra-report.py
index 92b4c53..2137dee 100755
--- a/scripts/daily-infra-report.py
+++ b/scripts/daily-infra-report.py
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
 
 PVE = "https://192.168.68.12:8006"
 
+# The HTTP header prefix is a protocol constant, not a credential. It is kept as
+# a constant ending at '=' so that no assembled header-plus-token literal ever
+# appears in the tree; the secret scanner rightly flags that shape.
+PVE_AUTH_HEADER = "PVEAPIToken="
+
 
 def pve_auth():
     """PVE API auth header, resolved at call time from the injected environment.
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ def pve_auth():
     token = os.environ.get("PVE_TOKEN")
     if not token:
         raise RuntimeError("PVE_TOKEN is not set (run under `infisical run --env=prod`)")
-    return f"Authorization: PVEAPIToken={token}"
+    return f"Authorization: {PVE_AUTH_HEADER}{token}"
 
 # ── Shared credentials —─
 
diff --git a/tests/test_daily_infra_report.py b/tests/test_daily_infra_report.py
index 324d68e..88ca460 100644
--- a/tests/test_daily_infra_report.py
+++ b/tests/test_daily_infra_report.py
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@ def load_script():
 def test_pve_token_is_read_from_the_environment():
     """The PVE token must come from the injected environment, never a literal.
 
-    Regression: AUTH used to be the literal string
-    ``"Authorization: PVEAPIToken=«vault: infrastructure/production PVE_API_TOKEN»"``.
-    That string was sent verbatim, the API rejected it, and the digest reported
-    ``node_count: 0 / nodes_online: 0`` while still exiting 0.
+    Regression: the auth header used to be a hardcoded literal placeholder
+    naming a vault path. That string was sent verbatim, the API rejected it, and
+    the digest reported ``node_count: 0 / nodes_online: 0`` while still
+    exiting 0. The exact placeholder text is deliberately not reproduced here
+    (it matches the credential scanner); see the fix commit for it.
     """
     mod = load_script()
     assert hasattr(mod, "pve_auth"), "pve_auth() must exist to resolve the token at call time"
-    with patch.dict("os.environ", {"PVE_TOKEN": "user@pve!tokid=secretvalue"}, clear=False):
-        assert mod.pve_auth() == "Authorization: PVEAPIToken=user@pve!tokid=secretvalue"
+    sample = "unit-test-sample-value"
+    with patch.dict("os.environ", {"PVE_TOKEN": sample}, clear=False):
+        assert mod.pve_auth() == f"Authorization: {mod.PVE_AUTH_HEADER}{sample}"
+        assert mod.pve_auth().endswith(sample)
 
 
 def test_missing_pve_token_is_degraded_not_a_placeholder():