diff --git a/avocado/plugins/runners/podman_image.py b/avocado/plugins/runners/podman_image.py
index 0b9a5dd5c7..06299d6b21 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/runners/podman_image.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/runners/podman_image.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from avocado.core.nrunner.app import BaseRunnerApp
 from avocado.core.nrunner.runner import RUNNER_RUN_STATUS_INTERVAL, BaseRunner
 from avocado.core.utils import messages
-from avocado.utils.podman import Podman, PodmanException
+from avocado.utils.podman import AsyncPodman, PodmanException
 
 
 class PodmanImageRunner(BaseRunner):
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def _run_podman_pull(self, uri, queue):
         # information for debugging in case of errors.
         logging.getLogger("avocado.utils.podman").addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
         try:
-            podman = Podman()
+            podman = AsyncPodman()
             loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
             loop.run_until_complete(podman.execute("pull", uri))
             queue.put({"result": "pass"})
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/spawners/podman.py b/avocado/plugins/spawners/podman.py
index 386860389b..00a33d0288 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/spawners/podman.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/spawners/podman.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from avocado.core.version import VERSION
 from avocado.utils import distro
 from avocado.utils.asset import Asset
-from avocado.utils.podman import Podman, PodmanException
+from avocado.utils.podman import AsyncPodman, PodmanException
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def podman(self):
         if self._podman is None:
             podman_bin = self.config.get("spawner.podman.bin")
             try:
-                self._podman = Podman(podman_bin)
+                self._podman = AsyncPodman(podman_bin)
             except PodmanException as ex:
                 LOG.error(ex)
         return self._podman
diff --git a/avocado/utils/podman.py b/avocado/utils/podman.py
index a557559701..8595dcfd1c 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/podman.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/podman.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class PodmanException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class Podman:
+class AsyncPodman:
     def __init__(self, podman_bin=None):
         path = which(podman_bin or "podman")
         if not path:
diff --git a/selftests/functional/plugin/podman_image.py b/selftests/functional/plugin/podman_image.py
index d358f254bf..2fbe95592a 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/plugin/podman_image.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/plugin/podman_image.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from avocado import Test
-from avocado.utils.podman import Podman
+from avocado.utils.podman import AsyncPodman
 
 
 class PodmanImageTest(Test):
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ async def test(self):
         :avocado: dependency={"type": "package", "name": "podman", "action": "check"}
         :avocado: dependency={"type": "podman-image", "uri": "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:38"}
         """
-        podman = Podman()
+        podman = AsyncPodman()
         _, stdout, _ = await podman.execute(
             "images",
             "--filter",
diff --git a/selftests/functional/utils/podman.py b/selftests/functional/utils/podman.py
index 8d7586f050..23f775a618 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/utils/podman.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/utils/podman.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 from avocado import Test
-from avocado.utils.podman import Podman
+from avocado.utils.podman import AsyncPodman
 
 
-class PodmanTest(Test):
+class AsyncPodmanTest(Test):
     async def test_python_version(self):
         """
         :avocado: dependency={"type": "package", "name": "podman", "action": "check"}
         :avocado: dependency={"type": "podman-image", "uri": "fedora:38"}
         :avocado: tags=slow
         """
-        podman = Podman()
+        podman = AsyncPodman()
         result = await podman.get_python_version("fedora:38")
         self.assertEqual(result, (3, 11, "/usr/bin/python3"))
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async def test_container_info(self):
         :avocado: dependency={"type": "podman-image", "uri": "fedora:38"}
         :avocado: tags=slow
         """
-        podman = Podman()
+        podman = AsyncPodman()
         _, stdout, _ = await podman.execute("create", "fedora:38", "/bin/bash")
         container_id = stdout.decode().strip()
         result = await podman.get_container_info(container_id)