diff --git a/src/pac/auth/authenticate.ts b/src/pac/auth/authenticate.ts
index fa47bffe..748845c5 100644
--- a/src/pac/auth/authenticate.ts
+++ b/src/pac/auth/authenticate.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import { ClientCredentials, AuthCredentials, UsernamePassword, FederatedCredenti
 
 export function authenticateAdmin(pac: CommandRunner, credentials: AuthCredentials, logger: Logger): Promise<string[]> {
   logger.log(`authN to admin API: authType=${isUsernamePassword(credentials) ? 'UserPass' : 'SPN'}; cloudInstance: ${credentials.cloudInstance || '<not set>'}`);
-  return pac("auth", "create", "--kind", "ADMIN", ...addCredentials(credentials), ...addCloudInstance(credentials));
+  return pac("auth", "create", ...addCredentials(credentials), ...addCloudInstance(credentials));
 }
 
 export function authenticateEnvironment(pac: CommandRunner, credentials: AuthCredentials, environmentUrl: string, logger: Logger): Promise<string[]> {
 
   logger.log(`authN to env. authType:${isUsernamePassword(credentials) ? 'UserPass' : 'SPN'} authScheme:${isUsernamePassword(credentials) ? '' : `${credentials.scheme}`}; cloudInstance: ${credentials.cloudInstance || '<not set>'}; envUrl: ${environmentUrl}`);
-  return pac("auth", "create", ...addUrl(environmentUrl), ...addCredentials(credentials), ...addCloudInstance(credentials));
+  return pac("auth", "create", ...addEnvironment(environmentUrl), ...addCredentials(credentials), ...addCloudInstance(credentials));
 }
 
 export function clearAuthentication(pac: CommandRunner): Promise<string[]> {
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ export function clearAuthentication(pac: CommandRunner): Promise<string[]> {
   return pac("auth", "clear");
 }
 
-function addUrl(url: string) {
-  return ["--url", url];
+function addEnvironment(env: string) {
+  return ["--environment", env];
 }
 
 function addCredentials(credentials: AuthCredentials) {
diff --git a/test/pac/auth/authenticate.test.ts b/test/pac/auth/authenticate.test.ts
index 6da25db5..5b746011 100644
--- a/test/pac/auth/authenticate.test.ts
+++ b/test/pac/auth/authenticate.test.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ describe("pac", () => {
         pac.should.have.been.calledOnceWith(
           "auth",
           "create",
-          "--kind",
-          "ADMIN",
           "--tenant",
           spnCreds.tenantId,
           "--applicationId",
@@ -78,8 +76,6 @@ describe("pac", () => {
         pac.should.have.been.calledOnceWith(
           "auth",
           "create",
-          "--kind",
-          "ADMIN",
           "--tenant",
           spnCreds.tenantId,
           "--applicationId",
@@ -97,8 +93,6 @@ describe("pac", () => {
         pac.should.have.been.calledOnceWith(
           "auth",
           "create",
-          "--kind",
-          "ADMIN",
           "--username",
           userCreds.username,
           "--password",
@@ -114,8 +108,6 @@ describe("pac", () => {
         pac.should.have.been.calledOnceWith(
           "auth",
           "create",
-          "--kind",
-          "ADMIN",
           "--username",
           userCreds.username,
           "--password",
@@ -146,7 +138,7 @@ describe("pac", () => {
         pac.should.have.been.calledOnceWith(
           "auth",
           "create",
-          "--url",
+          "--environment",
           envUrl,
           "--tenant",
           spnCreds.tenantId,
@@ -165,7 +157,7 @@ describe("pac", () => {
         pac.should.have.been.calledOnceWith(
           "auth",
           "create",
-          "--url",
+          "--environment",
           envUrl,
           "--username",
           userCreds.username,