diff --git a/.changeset/cyan-bags-sit.md b/.changeset/cyan-bags-sit.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..869ea53174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cyan-bags-sit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-t3-app": patch
+---
+
+use auth instead of question while merging the router
diff --git a/cli/template/addons/trpc/auth-index-router.ts b/cli/template/addons/trpc/auth-index-router.ts
index 9714320fb1..4305905218 100644
--- a/cli/template/addons/trpc/auth-index-router.ts
+++ b/cli/template/addons/trpc/auth-index-router.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { protectedExampleRouter } from "./protected-example-router";
 export const appRouter = createRouter()
   .transformer(superjson)
   .merge("example.", exampleRouter)
-  .merge("question.", protectedExampleRouter);
+  .merge("auth.", protectedExampleRouter);
 
 // export type definition of API
 export type AppRouter = typeof appRouter;