diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/credhub-backend.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/credhub-backend.adoc
index 5365fa74..f39a5df3 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/credhub-backend.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/credhub-backend.adoc
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ All client applications with the name `spring.cloud.config.name=demo-app` will h
 }
 ----
 
-NOTE: When no profile is specified `default` will be used and when no label is specified `master` will be used as a default value.
+NOTE: When no label is specified `master` will be used as a default value. You can change that by setting `spring.cloud.config.server.credhub.defaultLabel`.
+
+NOTE: When no profile is specified `default` will be used.
+
 NOTE: Values added to `application` will be shared by all the applications.
 
 [[oauth-2-0]]
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentProperties.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentProperties.java
index 9747a87b..042cf3e0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentProperties.java
@@ -26,8 +26,18 @@ import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 @ConfigurationProperties("spring.cloud.config.server.credhub")
 public class CredhubEnvironmentProperties implements EnvironmentRepositoryProperties {
 
+	private String defaultLabel = "master";
+
 	private int order = Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE;
 
+	public void setDefaultLabel(String defaultLabel) {
+		this.defaultLabel = defaultLabel;
+	}
+
+	public String getDefaultLabel() {
+		return defaultLabel;
+	}
+
 	public int getOrder() {
 		return this.order;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepository.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepository.java
index efed30cf..1e847736 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepository.java
@@ -43,16 +43,23 @@ public class CredhubEnvironmentRepository implements EnvironmentRepository, Orde
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_PROFILE = "default";
 
-	private static final String DEFAULT_LABEL = "master";
-
 	private static final String DEFAULT_APPLICATION = "application";
 
-	private int order = Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE;
+	private final String defaultLabel;
+
+	private int order;
 
 	private final CredHubOperations credHubOperations;
 
 	public CredhubEnvironmentRepository(CredHubOperations credHubOperations) {
+		this(credHubOperations, new CredhubEnvironmentProperties());
+	}
+
+	public CredhubEnvironmentRepository(CredHubOperations credHubOperations, CredhubEnvironmentProperties properties) {
 		this.credHubOperations = credHubOperations;
+
+		this.order = properties.getOrder();
+		this.defaultLabel = properties.getDefaultLabel();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ public class CredhubEnvironmentRepository implements EnvironmentRepository, Orde
 			profile = DEFAULT_PROFILE;
 		}
 		if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(label)) {
-			label = DEFAULT_LABEL;
+			label = this.defaultLabel;
 		}
 
 		List<String> applications = normalize(application, DEFAULT_APPLICATION);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryFactory.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryFactory.java
index 41e3e1d0..c0ed335c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryFactory.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.credhub.core.CredHubOperations;
 public class CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryFactory
 		implements EnvironmentRepositoryFactory<CredhubEnvironmentRepository, CredhubEnvironmentProperties> {
 
-	private CredHubOperations credhubOperations;
+	private final CredHubOperations credhubOperations;
 
 	public CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryFactory(CredHubOperations credhubOperations) {
 		this.credhubOperations = credhubOperations;
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ public class CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryFactory
 
 	@Override
 	public CredhubEnvironmentRepository build(CredhubEnvironmentProperties environmentProperties) {
-		CredhubEnvironmentRepository repository = new CredhubEnvironmentRepository(this.credhubOperations);
-		repository.setOrder(environmentProperties.getOrder());
-		return repository;
+		return new CredhubEnvironmentRepository(this.credhubOperations, environmentProperties);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
index 10a1df4c..937f36b6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ public class CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryTests {
 
 	@BeforeEach
 	public void setUp() {
-		CredHubOperations credhubOperations = Mockito.mock(CredHubOperations.class);
 		this.credhubCredentialOperations = Mockito.mock(CredHubCredentialOperations.class);
+		CredHubOperations credhubOperations = Mockito.mock(CredHubOperations.class);
 		when(credhubOperations.credentials()).thenReturn(this.credhubCredentialOperations);
 
 		this.credhubEnvironmentRepository = new CredhubEnvironmentRepository(credhubOperations);
@@ -258,6 +258,29 @@ public class CredhubEnvironmentRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(environment.getPropertySources().get(3).getSource()).isEqualTo(Map.of("k4", "v4"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldUseCustomDefaultLabelIfProvided() {
+		stubCredentials("/myApp/default/master", credential("c1", "k1", "v1"));
+		stubCredentials("/myApp/default/main", credential("c2", "k2", "v2"));
+
+		var credhubOperations = Mockito.mock(CredHubOperations.class);
+		when(credhubOperations.credentials()).thenReturn(this.credhubCredentialOperations);
+
+		var properties = new CredhubEnvironmentProperties();
+		properties.setDefaultLabel("main");
+
+		var environment = new CredhubEnvironmentRepository(credhubOperations, properties).findOne("myApp", null, null);
+
+		assertThat(environment.getName()).isEqualTo("myApp");
+		assertThat(environment.getProfiles()).containsExactly("default");
+		assertThat(environment.getLabel()).isEqualTo("main");
+
+		assertThat(environment.getPropertySources()).hasSize(1);
+
+		assertThat(environment.getPropertySources().get(0).getName()).isEqualTo("credhub-myApp-default-main");
+		assertThat(environment.getPropertySources().get(0).getSource()).isEqualTo(Map.of("k2", "v2"));
+	}
+
 	@SafeVarargs
 	private void stubCredentials(String path, CredentialDetails<JsonCredential>... details) {
 		when(this.credhubCredentialOperations.findByPath(path)).thenReturn(