diff --git a/dumux/common/parameters.hh b/dumux/common/parameters.hh
index 9dee178993366a7b70f56454c6da1d924e7669bd..2182cbb3e09209c1491c2baa5ea067c6387930bd 100644
--- a/dumux/common/parameters.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/parameters.hh
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ private:
         defaultParams["Vtk.AddProcessRank"] = "true";
 
         // parameters in the mpfa group
-        defaultParams["Mpfa.Q"] = "0.0";
+        defaultParams["MPFA.Q"] = "0.0";
 
         // merge the global default tree but do not overwrite if the parameter already exists
         mergeTree_(params, defaultParams, false);
diff --git a/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvelementgeometry.hh b/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvelementgeometry.hh
index b4e0d84987a0b906b30e24823d658c61c13dfb46..50edf268d36226e6ce6b88dedf2d70f15da9d501 100644
--- a/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvelementgeometry.hh
+++ b/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvelementgeometry.hh
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ private:
         const auto& neighborVolVarIndices = gridGeometry().neighborVolVarIndices(eIdx);
 
         // the quadrature point parameterizaion to be used on scvfs
-        static const auto q = getParam<CoordScalar>("Mpfa.Q");
+        static const auto q = getParam<CoordScalar>("MPFA.Q");
 
         // reserve memory for the scv faces
         const auto numLocalScvf = scvFaceIndices.size();
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ private:
         const auto& neighborVolVarIndices = gridGeometry().neighborVolVarIndices(eIdxGlobal);
 
         // the quadrature point parameterizaion to be used on scvfs
-        static const auto q = getParam<CoordScalar>("Mpfa.Q");
+        static const auto q = getParam<CoordScalar>("MPFA.Q");
 
         // for network grids we only want to do one scvf per half facet
         // this approach assumes conforming grids at branching facets
diff --git a/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvgridgeometry.hh b/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvgridgeometry.hh
index 70131a9314eeccde3ef7ae1d5313085f5a7b5045..772ac838c83a207886bdfbab232f82ce3b0a50e7 100644
--- a/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvgridgeometry.hh
+++ b/dumux/discretization/cellcentered/mpfa/fvgridgeometry.hh
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public:
                         secondaryInteractionVolumeVertices_[vIdxGlobal] = true;
 
                     // the quadrature point parameterizarion to be used on scvfs
-                    static const auto q = getParam<CoordScalar>("Mpfa.Q");
+                    static const auto q = getParam<CoordScalar>("MPFA.Q");
 
                     // make the scv face (for non-boundary scvfs on network grids, use precalculated outside indices)
                     const auto& outsideScvIndices = [&] ()