diff --git a/src/dsl/message.ts b/src/dsl/message.ts
index 34bbced3d..e8e6d18e6 100644
--- a/src/dsl/message.ts
+++ b/src/dsl/message.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export interface MessageProviders {
   [name: string]: MessageProvider;
 }
 
-export interface StateHandlers {
+export interface MessageStateHandlers {
   [name: string]: (
     state: string,
     params?: { [name: string]: string }
diff --git a/src/dsl/options.ts b/src/dsl/options.ts
index e9840f99a..9ced9f790 100644
--- a/src/dsl/options.ts
+++ b/src/dsl/options.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { VerifierOptions as PactCoreVerifierOptions } from '@pact-foundation/pact-core';
 import { PactfileWriteMode } from './mockService';
-import { MessageProviders, StateHandlers } from './message';
+import { MessageProviders, MessageStateHandlers } from './message';
 
 export type LogLevel = 'trace' | 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export interface MessageProviderOptions {
   messageProviders: MessageProviders;
 
   // Prepare any provider states
-  stateHandlers?: StateHandlers;
+  stateHandlers?: MessageStateHandlers;
 }
 
 type ExcludedPactNodeVerifierKeys = Exclude<