diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl b/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl
index 7f5676bbaf9c8c281c594d3c1b25b35e89da99ec..5111112cfe02cf544f3815068f048a077ffb2f6a 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_projection/submit_projections.pl
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ my $conf = "release_58.ini"; # registry config file, specifies Compara location
 my @config = ( {
     '-host'       => 'ens-staging1',
     '-port'       => '3306',
-    '-user'       => 'XXX',
-    '-pass'       => 'XXX',
+    '-user'       => 'ensadmin',
+    '-pass'       => 'ensembl',
     '-db_version' => $release
   },
   {
     '-host'       => 'ens-staging2',
     '-port'       => '3306',
-    '-user'       => 'XXX',
-    '-pass'       => 'XXX',
+    '-user'       => 'ensadmin',
+    '-pass'       => 'ensembl',
     '-db_version' => $release
   } );