diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index 5a6cbdb1..a650d831 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
 SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = env.bool("DJANGO_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT", default=True)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#session-cookie-secure
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#session-cookie-name
+SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "__Secure-sessionid"
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#csrf-cookie-secure
 CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#csrf-cookie-name
+CSRF_COOKIE_NAME = "__Secure-csrftoken"
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/security/#ssl-https
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-hsts-seconds
 # TODO: set this to 60 seconds first and then to 518400 once you prove the former works