diff --git a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/avm_context.ts b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/avm_context.ts
index 256bfefacdf..0fcb86cfde6 100644
--- a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/avm_context.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/avm_context.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/fields';
 import { AvmExecutionEnvironment } from './avm_execution_environment.js';
 import { AvmMachineState } from './avm_machine_state.js';
 import { AvmMessageCallResult } from './avm_message_call_result.js';
-import { AvmInterpreterError, interpretAvm } from './interpreter/index.js';
+import { AvmInterpreterError, executeAvm } from './interpreter/index.js';
 import { AvmJournal } from './journal/journal.js';
 import { decodeBytecode } from './opcodes/decode_bytecode.js';
 import { Instruction } from './opcodes/index.js';
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class AvmContext {
     const instructions: Instruction[] = decodeBytecode(bytecode);
 
     const machineState = new AvmMachineState(this.executionEnvironment);
-    return interpretAvm(machineState, this.journal, instructions);
+    return executeAvm(machineState, this.journal, instructions);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/index.test.ts b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/index.test.ts
index 421f9c37699..8fb3a49dab0 100644
--- a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/index.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/index.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
 
 import { AvmMachineState } from './avm_machine_state.js';
 import { initExecutionEnvironment } from './fixtures/index.js';
-import { interpretAvm } from './interpreter/interpreter.js';
+import { executeAvm } from './interpreter/interpreter.js';
 import { AvmJournal } from './journal/journal.js';
 import { decodeBytecode } from './opcodes/decode_bytecode.js';
 import { encodeToBytecode } from './opcodes/encode_to_bytecode.js';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('avm', () => {
 
     // Execute instructions
     const context = new AvmMachineState(initExecutionEnvironment({ calldata }));
-    const avmReturnData = await interpretAvm(context, journal, instructions);
+    const avmReturnData = await executeAvm(context, journal, instructions);
 
     expect(avmReturnData.reverted).toBe(false);
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.test.ts b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.test.ts
index 06137e2df3a..e5055cdf903 100644
--- a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Add } from '../opcodes/arithmetic.js';
 import { Jump, Return } from '../opcodes/control_flow.js';
 import { Instruction } from '../opcodes/instruction.js';
 import { CalldataCopy } from '../opcodes/memory.js';
-import { InvalidProgramCounterError, interpretAvm } from './interpreter.js';
+import { InvalidProgramCounterError, executeAvm } from './interpreter.js';
 
 describe('interpreter', () => {
   let journal: MockProxy<AvmJournal>;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('interpreter', () => {
     ];
 
     const machineState = new AvmMachineState(initExecutionEnvironment({ calldata }));
-    const avmReturnData = await interpretAvm(machineState, journal, instructions);
+    const avmReturnData = await executeAvm(machineState, journal, instructions);
 
     expect(avmReturnData.reverted).toBe(false);
     expect(avmReturnData.revertReason).toBeUndefined();
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('interpreter', () => {
     const instructions: Instruction[] = [new Jump(invalidJumpDestination)];
 
     const machineState = new AvmMachineState(initExecutionEnvironment({ calldata }));
-    const avmReturnData = await interpretAvm(machineState, journal, instructions);
+    const avmReturnData = await executeAvm(machineState, journal, instructions);
 
     expect(avmReturnData.reverted).toBe(true);
     expect(avmReturnData.revertReason).toBeInstanceOf(InvalidProgramCounterError);
diff --git a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.ts b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.ts
index f344ce57a18..86385078cac 100644
--- a/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/acir-simulator/src/avm/interpreter/interpreter.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Instruction } from '../opcodes/index.js';
  *               - reverted execution will return false
  *               - any other panic will throw
  */
-export async function interpretAvm(
+export async function executeAvm(
   machineState: AvmMachineState,
   journal: AvmJournal,
   instructions: Instruction[] = [],