diff --git a/pages/api/hold/request/[id]/edd.ts b/pages/api/hold/request/[id]/edd.ts
index f3aecc7bb..6be152ff4 100644
--- a/pages/api/hold/request/[id]/edd.ts
+++ b/pages/api/hold/request/[id]/edd.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   fetchPatronEligibility,
 } from "../../../../../src/server/api/hold"
 import {
-  initialEDDInvalidFields,
+  defaultValidatedEDDFields,
   validateEDDForm,
   eddFormIsInvalid,
 } from "../../../../../src/utils/holdPageUtils"
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
     const holdId = req.query.id as string
 
     // Server-side form validation
-    const validatedFields = validateEDDForm(formState, initialEDDInvalidFields)
+    const validatedFields = validateEDDForm(
+      formState,
+      defaultValidatedEDDFields
+    )
 
     const [, itemId] = holdId.split("-")
 
diff --git a/src/components/HoldPages/EDDRequestForm.tsx b/src/components/HoldPages/EDDRequestForm.tsx
index ecbf3d47d..2e8da2f89 100644
--- a/src/components/HoldPages/EDDRequestForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/HoldPages/EDDRequestForm.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   validateEDDForm,
   isInvalidField,
   holdButtonDisabledStatuses,
-  initialEDDInvalidFields,
+  defaultValidatedEDDFields,
   getFirstInvalidEDDField,
 } from "../../utils/holdPageUtils"
 import type {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const EDDRequestForm = ({
 
   // Set the invalid fields as an array in state to keep track of the first invalid field for focus on submit
   const [invalidFields, setInvalidFields] = useState<EDDFormValidatedField[]>(
-    serverValidatedFields || initialEDDInvalidFields
+    serverValidatedFields || defaultValidatedEDDFields
   )
 
   // Create refs for fields that require validation to focus on the first invalid field on submit
diff --git a/src/utils/holdPageUtils.ts b/src/utils/holdPageUtils.ts
index 09f33e84b..5517ddd1c 100644
--- a/src/utils/holdPageUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/holdPageUtils.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const initialEDDFormState: EDDRequestParams = {
 }
 
 // Initial state for invalid fields in the EDD form to keep track of the first invalid field for focus on submit
-export const initialEDDInvalidFields: EDDFormValidatedField[] = [
+export const defaultValidatedEDDFields: EDDFormValidatedField[] = [
   { key: "emailAddress", isInvalid: false },
   { key: "startPage", isInvalid: false },
   { key: "endPage", isInvalid: false },
diff --git a/src/utils/utilsTests/holdPageUtils.test.ts b/src/utils/utilsTests/holdPageUtils.test.ts
index 08efa1f56..75538bc29 100644
--- a/src/utils/utilsTests/holdPageUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utilsTests/holdPageUtils.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-  initialEDDInvalidFields,
+  defaultValidatedEDDFields,
   getUpdatedInvalidFields,
 } from "../holdPageUtils"
 
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ describe("holdPageUtils", () => {
   describe("getUpdatedInvalidFields", () => {
     it("returns correctly updated field validation statuses for different inputs", () => {
       expect(
-        getUpdatedInvalidFields("emailAddress", "test", initialEDDInvalidFields)
+        getUpdatedInvalidFields(
+          "emailAddress",
+          "test",
+          defaultValidatedEDDFields
+        )
       ).toStrictEqual([
         { isInvalid: true, key: "emailAddress" },
         { isInvalid: false, key: "startPage" },
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ describe("holdPageUtils", () => {
         getUpdatedInvalidFields(
           "emailAddress",
           "test@test.com",
-          initialEDDInvalidFields
+          defaultValidatedEDDFields
         )
       ).toStrictEqual([
         { isInvalid: false, key: "emailAddress" },
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ describe("holdPageUtils", () => {
         { isInvalid: false, key: "chapterTitle" },
       ])
       expect(
-        getUpdatedInvalidFields("emailAddress", "", initialEDDInvalidFields)
+        getUpdatedInvalidFields("emailAddress", "", defaultValidatedEDDFields)
       ).toStrictEqual([
         { isInvalid: true, key: "emailAddress" },
         { isInvalid: false, key: "startPage" },
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ describe("holdPageUtils", () => {
         { isInvalid: false, key: "chapterTitle" },
       ])
       expect(
-        getUpdatedInvalidFields("startPage", "", initialEDDInvalidFields)
+        getUpdatedInvalidFields("startPage", "", defaultValidatedEDDFields)
       ).toStrictEqual([
         { isInvalid: false, key: "emailAddress" },
         { isInvalid: true, key: "startPage" },
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ describe("holdPageUtils", () => {
         { isInvalid: false, key: "chapterTitle" },
       ])
       expect(
-        getUpdatedInvalidFields("endPage", "", initialEDDInvalidFields)
+        getUpdatedInvalidFields("endPage", "", defaultValidatedEDDFields)
       ).toStrictEqual([
         { isInvalid: false, key: "emailAddress" },
         { isInvalid: false, key: "startPage" },
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ describe("holdPageUtils", () => {
         { isInvalid: false, key: "chapterTitle" },
       ])
       expect(
-        getUpdatedInvalidFields("chapterTitle", "", initialEDDInvalidFields)
+        getUpdatedInvalidFields("chapterTitle", "", defaultValidatedEDDFields)
       ).toStrictEqual([
         { isInvalid: false, key: "emailAddress" },
         { isInvalid: false, key: "startPage" },