diff --git a/schemachange/config/get_merged_config.py b/schemachange/config/get_merged_config.py
index b056ee2..0d4789d 100644
--- a/schemachange/config/get_merged_config.py
+++ b/schemachange/config/get_merged_config.py
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ def get_merged_config(
     env_kwargs: dict[str, str] = get_env_kwargs()
     logger.debug("env_kwargs", **env_kwargs)
 
-    connection_name = env_kwargs.pop("connection_name", None)
-
     cli_kwargs = parse_cli_args(sys.argv[1:])
     logger.debug("cli_kwargs", **cli_kwargs)
 
@@ -55,8 +53,9 @@ def get_merged_config(
         file_path=cli_kwargs.pop("connections_file_path", None)
     )
 
+    connection_name = cli_kwargs.pop("connection_name", None)
     if connection_name is None:
-        connection_name = cli_kwargs.pop("connection_name", None)
+        connection_name = env_kwargs.pop("connection_name", None)
 
     config_folder = validate_directory(path=cli_kwargs.pop("config_folder", "."))
     config_file_name = cli_kwargs.pop("config_file_name")
diff --git a/tests/config/test_get_merged_config.py b/tests/config/test_get_merged_config.py
index b86a5d1..8338ab5 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_get_merged_config.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_get_merged_config.py
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ def get_connection_from_toml(file_path: Path, connection_name: str) -> dict:
                 "snowflake_warehouse": "cli_snowflake_warehouse",
                 "snowflake_database": "cli_snowflake_database",
                 "snowflake_schema": "cli_snowflake_schema",
-                "snowflake_authenticator": "env_snowflake_authenticator",
+                "snowflake_authenticator": "cli_snowflake_authenticator",
                 "snowflake_password": "env_snowflake_password",
-                "snowflake_private_key_path": "env_snowflake_private_key_path",
+                "snowflake_private_key_path": "cli_snowflake_private_key_path",
                 "snowflake_token_path": "cli_snowflake_token_path",
                 "connections_file_path": Path("cli_connections_file_path"),
-                "connection_name": "env_connection_name",
+                "connection_name": "cli_connection_name",
                 "change_history_table": "cli_change_history_table",
                 "create_change_history_table": False,
                 "autocommit": False,
@@ -756,8 +756,8 @@ def test_invalid_config_folder(mock_parse_cli_args, _):
         "snowflake_warehouse": "snowflake-warehouse-from-cli",
         "snowflake_database": "snowflake-database-from-cli",
         "snowflake_schema": "snowflake-schema-from-cli",
-        "snowflake_authenticator": "env_snowflake_authenticator",
-        "snowflake_private_key_path": "env_snowflake_private_key_path",
+        "snowflake_authenticator": "snowflake-authenticator-from-cli",
+        "snowflake_private_key_path": "snowflake-private-key-path-from-cli",
         "snowflake_token_path": "snowflake-token-path-from-cli",
         "change_history_table": "change-history-table-from-cli",
         "config_vars": {
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ def test_invalid_config_folder(mock_parse_cli_args, _):
         "query_tag": "query-tag-from-cli",
         "snowflake_oauth_token": "env_snowflake_token",
         "oauth_config": {"oauth_config_variable": "cli_oauth_config_value"},
-        "connection_name": "anotherconnection",
+        "connection_name": "myaltconnection",
         "connections_file_path": assets_path / "alt-connections.toml",
         "snowflake_password": "env_snowflake_password",
     },
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 178f2aa..84180f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ def get_connection_from_toml(file_path: Path, connection_name: str) -> dict:
         "snowflake_schema": get_snowflake_identifier_string(
             "snowflake-schema-from-cli", "placeholder"
         ),
-        "snowflake_authenticator": "snowflake_jwt",
-        "snowflake_private_key_path": assets_path / "alt_private_key.txt",
+        "snowflake_authenticator": "externalbrowser",
+        "snowflake_private_key_path": assets_path / "private_key.txt",
         "change_history_table": ChangeHistoryTable(
             database_name="db",
             schema_name="schema",