diff --git a/resources/schema/seed-data.edn b/resources/schema/seed-data.edn
index 7b342cfa..849594ab 100644
--- a/resources/schema/seed-data.edn
+++ b/resources/schema/seed-data.edn
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
   #:db{:ident :event/new-gene}
   #:db{:ident :event/new-unnamed-gene}
   #:db{:ident :event/update-gene}
-  #:db{:ident :event/add-gene-other-names}
-  #:db{:ident :event/retract-gene-other-names}
+  #:db{:ident :event/add-other-names-gene}
+  #:db{:ident :event/retract-other-names-gene}
   #:db{:ident :event/merge-genes}
   #:db{:ident :event/undo-merge-genes}
   #:db{:ident :event/split-gene}
diff --git a/src/wormbase/names/batch/gene.clj b/src/wormbase/names/batch/gene.clj
index 4d9b43c5..1484bbde 100644
--- a/src/wormbase/names/batch/gene.clj
+++ b/src/wormbase/names/batch/gene.clj
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
          :handler (fn [request]
                     (wnbg/adjust-attr-vals :gene/id
                                            :gene/other-names
-                                           :event/add-gene-other-names
+                                           :event/add-other-names-gene
                                            ::wsg/update-other-names-batch
                                            wnu/conform-data
                                            true
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
          :handler (fn [request]
                     (wnbg/adjust-attr-vals :gene/id
                                            :gene/other-names
-                                           :event/retract-gene-other-names
+                                           :event/retract-other-names-gene
                                            ::wsg/update-other-names-batch
                                            wnu/conform-data
                                            false
diff --git a/src/wormbase/names/gene.clj b/src/wormbase/names/gene.clj
index 9105f876..e3e48862 100644
--- a/src/wormbase/names/gene.clj
+++ b/src/wormbase/names/gene.clj
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
                         (assoc bad-request {:schema ::wsv/error-response})
                         (wnu/response-map))
          :handler (fn [request]
-                    (let [add-other-names (wne/update-multi-card identify :gene/id :event/add-gene-other-names :db/add ':gene/other-names)]
+                    (let [add-other-names (wne/update-multi-card identify :gene/id :event/add-other-names-gene :db/add ':gene/other-names)]
                       (add-other-names request identifier)))}
         :delete
         {:summary "Delete a set of other-names from a gene."
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
                         (assoc bad-request {:schema ::wsv/error-response})
                         (wnu/response-map))
          :handler (fn [request]
-                    (let [delete-other-names (wne/update-multi-card identify :gene/id :event/retract-gene-other-names :db/retract ':gene/other-names)]
+                    (let [delete-other-names (wne/update-multi-card identify :gene/id :event/retract-other-names-gene :db/retract ':gene/other-names)]
                       (delete-other-names request identifier)))}}))
     (sweet/context "/merge/:from-identifier" [from-identifier]
       (sweet/resource