diff --git a/docs/eventing-api.md b/docs/eventing-api.md
index 5a4e5396b28..89aeb3a2f0e 100644
--- a/docs/eventing-api.md
+++ b/docs/eventing-api.md
@@ -2091,14 +2091,14 @@ expression cannot be empty strings.</p>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
-<code>sql</code><br/>
+<code>cesql</code><br/>
 <em>
 string
 </em>
 </td>
 <td>
 <em>(Optional)</em>
-<p>SQL is a CloudEvents SQL expression that will be evaluated to true or false against each CloudEvent.</p>
+<p>CESQL is a CloudEvents SQL expression that will be evaluated to true or false against each CloudEvent.</p>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_types.go b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_types.go
index 2e15d5454aa..e327fff0e0a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_types.go
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ type SubscriptionsAPIFilter struct {
 	// +optional
 	Suffix map[string]string `json:"suffix,omitempty"`
 
-	// SQL is a CloudEvents SQL expression that will be evaluated to true or false against each CloudEvent.
+	// CESQL is a CloudEvents SQL expression that will be evaluated to true or false against each CloudEvent.
 	//
 	// +optional
-	SQL string `json:"sql,omitempty"`
+	CESQL string `json:"cesql,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TriggerFilterAttributes is a map of context attribute names to values for
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation.go b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation.go
index ac033c1d8ba..bab5aa41f62 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func ValidateSubscriptionAPIFilter(ctx context.Context, filter *SubscriptionsAPI
 	).Also(
 		ValidateSubscriptionAPIFilter(ctx, filter.Not).ViaField("not"),
 	).Also(
-		ValidateCESQLExpression(ctx, filter.SQL).ViaField("sql"),
+		ValidateCESQLExpression(ctx, filter.CESQL).ViaField("cesql"),
 	)
 	return errs
 }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func hasMultipleDialects(filter *SubscriptionsAPIFilter) bool {
 			dialectFound = true
 		}
 	}
-	if filter.SQL != "" && dialectFound {
+	if filter.CESQL != "" && dialectFound {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation_test.go
index 33e53e01e07..2294e8f6ccf 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eventing/v1/trigger_validation_test.go
@@ -715,14 +715,14 @@ func TestFilterSpecValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		name: "CE SQL with syntax error",
 		filters: []SubscriptionsAPIFilter{
 			{
-				SQL: "this is wrong",
+				CESQL: "this is wrong",
 			}},
-		want: apis.ErrInvalidValue("this is wrong", "sql", "syntax error: ").ViaFieldIndex("filters", 0),
+		want: apis.ErrInvalidValue("this is wrong", "cesql", "syntax error: ").ViaFieldIndex("filters", 0),
 	}, {
 		name: "Valid CE SQL expression",
 		filters: []SubscriptionsAPIFilter{
 			{
-				SQL: "type = 'dev.knative' AND ttl < 3",
+				CESQL: "type = 'dev.knative' AND ttl < 3",
 			}},
 	},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go b/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go
index b90e8546388..62a37ed754b 100644
--- a/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler.go
@@ -392,10 +392,10 @@ func materializeSubscriptionsAPIFilter(ctx context.Context, filter eventingv1.Su
 		materializedFilter = subscriptionsapi.NewAnyFilter(materializeFiltersList(ctx, filter.Any)...)
 	case filter.Not != nil:
 		materializedFilter = subscriptionsapi.NewNotFilter(materializeSubscriptionsAPIFilter(ctx, *filter.Not))
-	case filter.SQL != "":
-		if materializedFilter, err = subscriptionsapi.NewCESQLFilter(filter.SQL); err != nil {
+	case filter.CESQL != "":
+		if materializedFilter, err = subscriptionsapi.NewCESQLFilter(filter.CESQL); err != nil {
 			// This is weird, CESQL expression should be validated when Trigger's are created.
-			logging.FromContext(ctx).Debugw("Found an Invalid CE SQL expression", zap.String("expression", filter.SQL))
+			logging.FromContext(ctx).Debugw("Found an Invalid CE SQL expression", zap.String("expression", filter.CESQL))
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler_test.go b/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler_test.go
index 2a63514ecf5..f05bd82c197 100644
--- a/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/broker/filter/filter_handler_test.go
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ func TestReceiver_WithSubscriptionsAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		"Dispatch succeeded - Source with type": {
 			triggers: []*eventingv1.Trigger{
 				makeTrigger(withSubscriptionAPIFilter(&eventingv1.SubscriptionsAPIFilter{
-					SQL: fmt.Sprintf("type = '%s' AND source = '%s'", eventType, eventSource),
+					CESQL: fmt.Sprintf("type = '%s' AND source = '%s'", eventType, eventSource),
 				})),
 			},
 			expectedDispatch:          true,
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func TestReceiver_WithSubscriptionsAPI(t *testing.T) {
 			triggers: []*eventingv1.Trigger{
 				makeTrigger(
 					withSubscriptionAPIFilter(&eventingv1.SubscriptionsAPIFilter{
-						SQL: fmt.Sprintf("type = '%s' AND source = '%s'", eventType, eventSource),
+						CESQL: fmt.Sprintf("type = '%s' AND source = '%s'", eventType, eventSource),
 					}),
 					withAttributesFilter(&eventingv1.TriggerFilter{
 						Attributes: map[string]string{"type": "some-other-type", "source": "some-other-source"},
diff --git a/test/experimental/features/new_trigger_filters/filters.go b/test/experimental/features/new_trigger_filters/filters.go
index d60123327fc..6e6176415f0 100644
--- a/test/experimental/features/new_trigger_filters/filters.go
+++ b/test/experimental/features/new_trigger_filters/filters.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 // FiltersFeatureSet creates a feature set for testing the broker implementation of the new trigger filters experimental feature
 // (aka Cloud Events Subscriptions API filters). It requires a created and ready Broker resource with brokerName.
 //
-// The feature set tests four filter dialects: exact, prefix, suffix and sql (aka CloudEvents SQL).
+// The feature set tests four filter dialects: exact, prefix, suffix and cesql (aka CloudEvents SQL).
 func FiltersFeatureSet(brokerName string) *feature.FeatureSet {
 	matchedEvent := FullEvent()
 	unmatchedEvent := MinEvent()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func FiltersFeatureSet(brokerName string) *feature.FeatureSet {
 			filters: fmt.Sprintf(snippetFor("suffix"), matchedEvent.Type()[5:], matchedEvent.Source()[5:]),
 		},
 		"CloudEvents SQL filter": {
-			filters: fmt.Sprintf(`- sql: "type = '%s' AND source = '%s'" `, matchedEvent.Type(), matchedEvent.Source()),
+			filters: fmt.Sprintf(`- cesql: "type = '%s' AND source = '%s'" `, matchedEvent.Type(), matchedEvent.Source()),
 		},
 	}