diff --git a/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/scxml_ros_entries.py b/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/scxml_ros_entries.py
index 60449d6f..9ecb15bb 100644
--- a/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/scxml_ros_entries.py
+++ b/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/scxml_ros_entries.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                                            as_plain_execution_body)
 from scxml_converter.scxml_entries.utils import replace_ros_msg_expression
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
-from scxml_converter.scxml_entries.utils import check_topic_type_known
+from scxml_converter.scxml_entries.utils import is_topic_type_known
 
 
 class RosTimeRate(ScxmlBase):
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def from_xml_tree(xml_tree: ET.Element) -> "RosTopicPublisher":
 
     def check_validity(self) -> bool:
         valid_name = isinstance(self._topic_name, str) and len(self._topic_name) > 0
-        valid_type = check_topic_type_known(self._topic_type)
+        valid_type = is_topic_type_known(self._topic_type)
         if not valid_name:
             print("Error: SCXML topic subscriber: topic name is not valid.")
         if not valid_type:
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def from_xml_tree(xml_tree: ET.Element) -> "RosTopicSubscriber":
 
     def check_validity(self) -> bool:
         valid_name = isinstance(self._topic_name, str) and len(self._topic_name) > 0
-        valid_type = check_topic_type_known(self._topic_type)
+        valid_type = is_topic_type_known(self._topic_type)
         if not valid_name:
             print("Error: SCXML topic subscriber: topic name is not valid.")
         if not valid_type:
diff --git a/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/utils.py b/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/utils.py
index f53ee0e9..0fbf52d5 100644
--- a/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/utils.py
+++ b/scxml_converter/src/scxml_converter/scxml_entries/utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from typing import Dict
 
 
-def check_topic_type_known(topic_definition: str) -> bool:
+def is_topic_type_known(topic_definition: str) -> bool:
     """Check if python can import the provided topic definition."""
     # Check the input type has the expected structure
     if not (isinstance(topic_definition, str) and topic_definition.count("/") == 1):