diff --git a/lib/datadog/di/base.rb b/lib/datadog/di/base.rb
index afe8c38e602..69e7e78ec5c 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/di/base.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/di/base.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# This file is loaded by datadog/di/init.rb.
+# This file is loaded by datadog/di/preload.rb.
 # It contains just the global DI reference to the (normally one and only)
 # code tracker for the current process.
 # This file should not require the rest of DI, specifically none of the
diff --git a/lib/datadog/di/init.rb b/lib/datadog/di/preload.rb
similarity index 90%
rename from lib/datadog/di/init.rb
rename to lib/datadog/di/preload.rb
index 2af4c29c325..932e72d7e88 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/di/init.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/di/preload.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# Require 'datadog/di/init' early in the application boot process to
+# Require 'datadog/di/preload' early in the application boot process to
 # enable dynamic instrumentation for third-party libraries used by the
 # application.
 
diff --git a/sig/datadog/di/init.rbs b/sig/datadog/di/preload.rbs
similarity index 100%
rename from sig/datadog/di/init.rbs
rename to sig/datadog/di/preload.rbs
diff --git a/spec/datadog/di/init_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/di/preload_spec.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from spec/datadog/di/init_spec.rb
rename to spec/datadog/di/preload_spec.rb
index 45a5f650fc4..6ae770a08e5 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/di/init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/di/preload_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       raise "Datadog code loaded too early"
     end
 
-    require 'datadog/di/init'
+    require 'datadog/di/preload'
 
     if Datadog.constants.sort != %i(DI VERSION)
       raise "Too many datadog components loaded: \#{Datadog.constants}"
diff --git a/spec/loading_spec.rb b/spec/loading_spec.rb
index 73da2c2d7e9..c65f4e62050 100644
--- a/spec/loading_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/loading_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   'datadog/appsec' => 'Datadog::AppSec',
   'datadog/core' => 'Datadog::Core',
   'datadog/di' => 'Datadog::DI',
-  'datadog/di/init' => 'Datadog::DI::CodeTracker',
+  'datadog/di/preload' => 'Datadog::DI::CodeTracker',
   'datadog/kit' => 'Datadog::Kit',
   'datadog/profiling' => 'Datadog::Profiling',
   'datadog/tracing' => 'Datadog::Tracing',