diff --git a/api/src/chat/schemas/types/channel.ts b/api/src/chat/schemas/types/channel.ts
index bdb1ffdb..13de7204 100644
--- a/api/src/chat/schemas/types/channel.ts
+++ b/api/src/chat/schemas/types/channel.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ export type SubscriberChannelData<C extends ChannelName = 'unknown-channel'> =
         [P in keyof SubscriberChannelDict[C]]: SubscriberChannelDict[C][P];
       };
 
-export const channelSchema = z.object({
+export const channelDataSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().regex(/-channel$/) as z.ZodType<ChannelName>,
 });
 
-export type Channel = z.infer<typeof channelSchema>;
+export type Channel = z.infer<typeof channelDataSchema>;
diff --git a/api/src/chat/validation-rules/is-channel-data.ts b/api/src/chat/validation-rules/is-channel-data.ts
index ef1590ff..5bb6082e 100644
--- a/api/src/chat/validation-rules/is-channel-data.ts
+++ b/api/src/chat/validation-rules/is-channel-data.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import {
   ValidatorConstraintInterface,
 } from 'class-validator';
 
-import { Channel, channelSchema } from '../schemas/types/channel';
+import { Channel, channelDataSchema } from '../schemas/types/channel';
 
 export function isChannelData(channel: Channel) {
-  return channelSchema.safeParse(channel).success;
+  return channelDataSchema.safeParse(channel).success;
 }
 
 @ValidatorConstraint({ async: false })