diff --git a/internal/controller/reconcile.go b/internal/controller/reconcile.go
index 0697e36..bf1a724 100644
--- a/internal/controller/reconcile.go
+++ b/internal/controller/reconcile.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const (
 	AnnotationSubscriptionContextSecret = "sme.sap.com/subscription-context-secret"
 	AnnotationProviderSubAccountId      = "sme.sap.com/provider-sub-account-id"
 	AnnotationEnableCleanupMonitoring   = "sme.sap.com/enable-cleanup-monitoring"
-	AnnotationUseVolumeMount            = "sme.sap.com/use-volume-mount"
+	AnnotationUseVolumeMount            = "sme.sap.com/use-credential-volume-mount"
 	FinalizerCAPApplication             = "sme.sap.com/capapplication"
 	FinalizerCAPApplicationVersion      = "sme.sap.com/capapplicationversion"
 	FinalizerCAPTenant                  = "sme.sap.com/captenant"
diff --git a/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/cav-use-vol-mount.yaml b/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/cav-use-vol-mount.yaml
index 10fa396..a3c3f76 100644
--- a/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/cav-use-vol-mount.yaml
+++ b/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/cav-use-vol-mount.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier: btp-glo-acc-id.test-cap-01
     sme.sap.com/owner-identifier: default.test-cap-01
-    sme.sap.com/use-volume-mount: "true"
+    sme.sap.com/use-credential-volume-mount: "true"
   labels:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier-hash: f20cc8aeb2003b3abc33f749a16bd53544b6bab2
     sme.sap.com/owner-generation: "2"
diff --git a/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/expected/cav-processing-use-vol-mount.yaml b/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/expected/cav-processing-use-vol-mount.yaml
index 475b05b..40dfb1d 100644
--- a/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/expected/cav-processing-use-vol-mount.yaml
+++ b/internal/controller/testdata/capapplicationversion/expected/cav-processing-use-vol-mount.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier: btp-glo-acc-id.test-cap-01
     sme.sap.com/owner-identifier: default.test-cap-01
-    sme.sap.com/use-volume-mount: "true"
+    sme.sap.com/use-credential-volume-mount: "true"
   labels:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier-hash: f20cc8aeb2003b3abc33f749a16bd53544b6bab2
     sme.sap.com/owner-generation: "2"
diff --git a/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount-custom.yaml b/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount-custom.yaml
index 6ad749c..95fe5e1 100644
--- a/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount-custom.yaml
+++ b/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount-custom.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier: btp-glo-acc-id.test-cap-01
     sme.sap.com/owner-identifier: default.test-cap-01
-    sme.sap.com/use-volume-mount: "true"
+    sme.sap.com/use-credential-volume-mount: "true"
   labels:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier-hash: f20cc8aeb2003b3abc33f749a16bd53544b6bab2
     sme.sap.com/owner-generation: "2"
diff --git a/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount.yaml b/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount.yaml
index 588fb58..3452646 100644
--- a/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount.yaml
+++ b/internal/controller/testdata/common/capapplicationversion-v1-use-vol-mount.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier: btp-glo-acc-id.test-cap-01
     sme.sap.com/owner-identifier: default.test-cap-01
-    sme.sap.com/use-volume-mount: "true"
+    sme.sap.com/use-credential-volume-mount: "true"
   labels:
     sme.sap.com/btp-app-identifier-hash: f20cc8aeb2003b3abc33f749a16bd53544b6bab2
     sme.sap.com/owner-generation: "2"
diff --git a/website/content/en/docs/usage/resources/capapplicationversion.md b/website/content/en/docs/usage/resources/capapplicationversion.md
index 6e8553b..1a47ba6 100644
--- a/website/content/en/docs/usage/resources/capapplicationversion.md
+++ b/website/content/en/docs/usage/resources/capapplicationversion.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ spec:
 
 > The `CAPApplicationVersion` resource is meant to be immutable - it's spec should not be modified once it is deployed. This is also prevented by our web-hooks which we recommend to always keep active (default).
 
-> By default, credentials (from secrets) required to access SAP BTP services are automatically provided as the `VCAP_SERVICES` environment variable across all workloads. However, this behavior can be changed to use volume mounts by setting the annotation `sme.sap.com/use-volume-mount: "true"` on the `CAPApplicationVersion` resource. When this annotation is set, the `SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT` environment variable will be injected into all the workloads, pointing to the secret path and overriding any user-defined values, if specified.
+> By default, credentials (from secrets) required to access SAP BTP services are automatically provided as the `VCAP_SERVICES` environment variable across all workloads. However, this behavior can be changed to use volume mounts by setting the annotation `sme.sap.com/use-credential-volume-mount: "true"` on the `CAPApplicationVersion` resource. When this annotation is set, the `SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT` environment variable will be injected into all the workloads, pointing to the secret path and overriding user-defined values, if any.
 
 ### Workloads with `deploymentDefinition`
 
@@ -366,4 +366,4 @@ spec:
 >
 > The supported configurations is kept minimal intentionally to keep the overall API simple by considering commonly used configurations.
 
-> Note: For `initContainers` nearly the same environment variables as the main container are made available including VCAP_SERVICES environment.
+> Note: For `initContainers` nearly the same environment variables as the main container are made available including VCAP_SERVICES environment. Additionally, if annotation `sme.sap.com/use-credential-volume-mount: "true"` is set on the `CAPApplicationVersion` resource, the environment variable `SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT` and the volume mounts for the service credentials will also be made available.