diff --git a/app/controllers/mock.php b/app/controllers/mock.php
index fdb1d80dcc..bc071fc885 100644
--- a/app/controllers/mock.php
+++ b/app/controllers/mock.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ App::patch('/v1/mock/functions-v2')
 App::post('/v1/mock/api-key-unprefixed')
     ->desc('Create API Key (without standard prefix)')
     ->groups(['mock', 'api', 'projects'])
-    ->label('scope', 'projects.write')
+    ->label('scope', 'public')
     ->label('docs', false)
     ->param('projectId', '', new UID(), 'Project ID.')
     ->inject('response')