diff --git a/appengine/express-memcached-session/app.yaml b/appengine/express-memcached-session/app.yaml
index e172a8f296..8fda01e189 100644
--- a/appengine/express-memcached-session/app.yaml
+++ b/appengine/express-memcached-session/app.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 runtime: nodejs
 vm: true
 env_variables:
-  MEMCACHE_URL: localhost:11211
+  MEMCACHE_URL: memcache:11211
 # [END app_yaml]