diff --git a/src/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_profile.py b/src/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_profile.py
index b434521105..42fcdb4c1e 100644
--- a/src/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_profile.py
+++ b/src/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_profile.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def verdi_profile():
 
 
 def command_create_profile(
-    ctx: click.Context, storage_cls, non_interactive: bool, profile: Profile, set_as_default: bool = True, **kwargs
+    ctx: click.Context, storage_cls, non_interactive: bool, profile_name: Profile, set_as_default: bool = True, **kwargs
 ):
     """Create a new profile, initialise its storage and create a default user.
 
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ def command_create_profile(
         broker_config = None
 
     try:
-        profile = create_profile(
+        profile_name = create_profile(
             ctx.obj.config,
-            name=profile.name,
+            name=profile_name.name,
             email=email,
             first_name=first_name,
             last_name=last_name,
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ def command_create_profile(
     except (ValueError, TypeError, exceptions.EntryPointError, exceptions.StorageMigrationError) as exception:
         echo.echo_critical(str(exception))
 
-    echo.echo_success(f'Created new profile `{profile.name}`.')
+    echo.echo_success(f'Created new profile `{profile_name.name}`.')
 
     if set_as_default:
-        ctx.invoke(profile_set_default, profile=profile)
+        ctx.invoke(profile_set_default, profile=profile_name)
 
 
 @verdi_profile.group(
diff --git a/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py b/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py
index 781a8b3cfa..32747c61cf 100644
--- a/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py
+++ b/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def test_delete_storage(run_cli_command, isolated_config, tmp_path, entry_point)
     else:
         filepath = tmp_path / 'storage'
 
-    options = [entry_point, '-n', '--filepath', str(filepath), '--profile', profile_name, '--email', 'email@host']
+    options = [entry_point, '-n', '--filepath', str(filepath), '--profile-name', profile_name, '--email', 'email@host']
     result = run_cli_command(cmd_profile.profile_setup, options, use_subprocess=False)
     assert filepath.exists()
     assert profile_name in isolated_config.profile_names
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def test_setup(config_psql_dos, run_cli_command, isolated_config, tmp_path, entr
         options = ['--filepath', str(tmp_path)]
 
     profile_name = 'temp-profile'
-    options = [entry_point, '-n', '--profile', profile_name, '--email', 'email@host', *options]
+    options = [entry_point, '-n', '--profile-name', profile_name, '--email', 'email@host', *options]
     result = run_cli_command(cmd_profile.profile_setup, options, use_subprocess=False)
     assert f'Created new profile `{profile_name}`.' in result.output
     assert profile_name in isolated_config.profile_names
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def test_setup_set_as_default(run_cli_command, isolated_config, tmp_path, set_as
         '-n',
         '--filepath',
         str(tmp_path),
-        '--profile',
+        '--profile-name',
         profile_name,
         '--email',
         'email@host',
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def test_setup_email_required(run_cli_command, isolated_config, tmp_path, entry_
 
     isolated_config.unset_option('autofill.user.email')
 
-    options = [entry_point, '-n', '--filepath', str(tmp_path), '--profile', profile_name]
+    options = [entry_point, '-n', '--filepath', str(tmp_path), '--profile-name', profile_name]
 
     if storage_cls.read_only:
         result = run_cli_command(cmd_profile.profile_setup, options, use_subprocess=False)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def test_setup_email_required(run_cli_command, isolated_config, tmp_path, entry_
 def test_setup_no_use_rabbitmq(run_cli_command, isolated_config):
     """Test the ``--no-use-rabbitmq`` option."""
     profile_name = 'profile-no-broker'
-    options = ['core.sqlite_dos', '-n', '--email', 'a@a', '--profile', profile_name, '--no-use-rabbitmq']
+    options = ['core.sqlite_dos', '-n', '--email', 'a@a', '--profile-name', profile_name, '--no-use-rabbitmq']
 
     result = run_cli_command(cmd_profile.profile_setup, options, use_subprocess=False)
     assert f'Created new profile `{profile_name}`.' in result.output
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def test_configure_rabbitmq(run_cli_command, isolated_config):
     profile_name = 'profile'
 
     # First setup a profile without a broker configured
-    options = ['core.sqlite_dos', '-n', '--email', 'a@a', '--profile', profile_name, '--no-use-rabbitmq']
+    options = ['core.sqlite_dos', '-n', '--email', 'a@a', '--profile-name', profile_name, '--no-use-rabbitmq']
     run_cli_command(cmd_profile.profile_setup, options, use_subprocess=False)
     profile = isolated_config.get_profile(profile_name)
     assert profile.process_control_backend is None