diff --git a/pkg/drivers/nats/new.go b/pkg/drivers/nats/new.go
index ce6b9326..de26211a 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/nats/new.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/nats/new.go
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ func newBackend(ctx context.Context, connection string, tlsInfo tls.Config, lega
 	// Kubernetes revision number 0 is illegal
 	// Add a boostrap key and remove it to make the bucket revision != 0
 	if backend.kv.BucketRevision() == 0 {
-		backend.kv.Create(ctx, "", []byte{})
-		backend.kv.Delete(ctx, "")
+		backend.kv.nkv.Create(ctx, "bootstrap", []byte{})
+		backend.kv.nkv.Delete(ctx, "bootstrap")
 	}
 
 	if ns != nil {