diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
index 09fb4bae893..66a4fc91a4c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 
 {% if EDXAPP_DATADOG_ENABLE %}
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/ddtrace-run ' + executable %}
-export DD_TAGS="service:edx-edxapp-workers-${SERVICE_VARIANT} queue:${QUEUE_NAME} version:{{ app_version }}"
+export DD_TAGS="service:edx-edxapp-${SERVICE_VARIANT}-workers queue:${QUEUE_NAME} version:{{ app_version }}"
 export DD_DJANGO_USE_LEGACY_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 # Copied from edx_django_service playbook for consistency; Datadog
 # trace debug logging issue doesn't actually affect edxapp for some