diff --git a/src/commands/plugins/trust/verify.ts b/src/commands/plugins/trust/verify.ts
index 5379ea30..e1c8573d 100644
--- a/src/commands/plugins/trust/verify.ts
+++ b/src/commands/plugins/trust/verify.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   InstallationVerification,
   VerificationConfig,
 } from '../../../shared/installationVerification.js';
-import { type NpmName, parseNpmName } from '../../../shared/NpmName.js';
+import { type ParsedNpm, parseNpmName } from '../../../shared/npmName.js';
 import { setErrorName } from '../../../shared/errors.js';
 
 Messages.importMessagesDirectoryFromMetaUrl(import.meta.url);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class Verify extends SfCommand<VerifyResponse> {
     loglevel,
   };
 
-  private static getVerifier(npmName: NpmName, config: ConfigContext): InstallationVerification {
+  private static getVerifier(npmName: ParsedNpm, config: ConfigContext): InstallationVerification {
     return new InstallationVerification().setPluginNpmName(npmName).setConfig(config);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/verifyInstallSignature.ts b/src/hooks/verifyInstallSignature.ts
index dfbd0a5b..fdcb4238 100644
--- a/src/hooks/verifyInstallSignature.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/verifyInstallSignature.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   isAllowListed,
 } from '../shared/installationVerification.js';
 
-import { type NpmName, parseNpmName } from '../shared/NpmName.js';
+import { type ParsedNpm, parseNpmName } from '../shared/npmName.js';
 
 export const hook: Hook.PluginsPreinstall = async function (options) {
   if (options.plugin && options.plugin.type === 'npm') {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export default hook;
 /**
  * Build a VerificationConfig. Useful for testing.
  */
-const buildVerificationConfig = (npmName: NpmName, configContext: ConfigContext): VerificationConfig => {
+const buildVerificationConfig = (npmName: ParsedNpm, configContext: ConfigContext): VerificationConfig => {
   const vConfig = new VerificationConfig();
   vConfig.verifier = new InstallationVerification().setPluginNpmName(npmName).setConfig(configContext);
   return vConfig;
diff --git a/src/shared/NpmName.ts b/src/shared/NpmName.ts
index 5f33d4c3..793c4cc3 100644
--- a/src/shared/NpmName.ts
+++ b/src/shared/NpmName.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { setErrorName } from './errors.js';
 
 const DEFAULT_TAG = 'latest';
 
-export type NpmName = {
+export type ParsedNpm = {
   tag: string;
   scope?: string;
   name: string;
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ export type NpmName = {
  * Parse an NPM package name into {scope, name, tag}. The tag is 'latest' by default and can be any semver string.
  *
  * @param {string} npmName - The npm name to parse.
- * @return {NpmName} - An object with the parsed components.
+ * @return {ParsedNpm} - An object with the parsed components.
  */
-export const parseNpmName = (npmName: string): NpmName => {
+export const parseNpmName = (npmName: string): ParsedNpm => {
   const nameWithoutAt = validateNpmNameAndRemoveLeadingAt(npmName);
   const hasScope = nameWithoutAt.includes('/');
   const hasTag = nameWithoutAt.includes('@');
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const parseNpmName = (npmName: string): NpmName => {
 };
 
 /** Produces a formatted string version of the object */
-export const npmNameToString = (npmName: NpmName): string =>
+export const npmNameToString = (npmName: ParsedNpm): string =>
   `${npmName.scope ? `@${npmName.scope}/` : ''}${npmName.name}`;
 
 const validateNpmNameAndRemoveLeadingAt = (input: string): string => {
diff --git a/src/shared/installationVerification.ts b/src/shared/installationVerification.ts
index bf41de36..7f258e53 100644
--- a/src/shared/installationVerification.ts
+++ b/src/shared/installationVerification.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { ux } from '@oclif/core';
 import { prompts } from '@salesforce/sf-plugins-core';
 import { maxSatisfying } from 'semver';
 import { NpmModule, NpmMeta } from './npmCommand.js';
-import { NpmName, npmNameToString } from './NpmName.js';
+import { ParsedNpm, npmNameToString } from './npmName.js';
 import { setErrorName } from './errors.js';
 
 const CRYPTO_LEVEL = 'RSA-SHA256';
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export async function isAllowListed({
  */
 export class InstallationVerification implements Verifier {
   // The name of the published plugin
-  private pluginNpmName?: NpmName;
+  private pluginNpmName?: ParsedNpm;
 
   // config derived from the cli environment
   private config?: ConfigContext;
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export class InstallationVerification implements Verifier {
    *
    * @param _pluginName the published plugin name
    */
-  public setPluginNpmName(_pluginName?: NpmName | undefined): InstallationVerification {
+  public setPluginNpmName(_pluginName?: ParsedNpm | undefined): InstallationVerification {
     if (_pluginName) {
       this.pluginNpmName = _pluginName;
       return this;
diff --git a/test/shared/installationVerification.test.ts b/test/shared/installationVerification.test.ts
index d6586dd5..0b01e0d4 100644
--- a/test/shared/installationVerification.test.ts
+++ b/test/shared/installationVerification.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
   Verifier,
 } from '../../src/shared/installationVerification.js';
 import { NpmMeta, NpmModule, NpmShowResults } from '../../src/shared/npmCommand.js';
-import { NpmName, parseNpmName } from '../../src/shared/NpmName.js';
+import { ParsedNpm, parseNpmName } from '../../src/shared/npmName.js';
 import { CERTIFICATE, TEST_DATA, TEST_DATA_SIGNATURE } from '../testCert.js';
 
 const BLANK_PLUGIN = { plugin: '', tag: '' };
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe('InstallationVerification Tests', () => {
   };
   const currentRegistry = process.env.SFDX_NPM_REGISTRY;
   let fsReaddirSyncStub: Sinon.SinonStub;
-  let plugin: NpmName;
+  let plugin: ParsedNpm;
   let realpathSyncStub: Sinon.SinonStub;
   let sandbox: sinon.SinonSandbox;
   let shelljsExecStub: Sinon.SinonStub;
diff --git a/test/shared/npmName.test.ts b/test/shared/npmName.test.ts
index 1bc65a93..e68f37fe 100644
--- a/test/shared/npmName.test.ts
+++ b/test/shared/npmName.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { npmNameToString, parseNpmName } from '../../src/shared/NpmName.js';
+import { npmNameToString, parseNpmName } from '../../src/shared/npmName.js';
 
 describe('npmName', () => {
   describe('parse', () => {