diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08725f8435..61a04598be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Unused:
 > huggingface
 > noopai
 > googlevertexai
-> watsonxai
+> ibmwatsonxai
 ```
 
 For detailed documentation on how to configure and use each provider see [here](https://docs.k8sgpt.ai/reference/providers/backend/).
diff --git a/cmd/auth/add.go b/cmd/auth/add.go
index e4afde81c2..67370cc1b0 100644
--- a/cmd/auth/add.go
+++ b/cmd/auth/add.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var addCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if strings.ToLower(backend) == "amazonbedrock" {
 			_ = cmd.MarkFlagRequired("providerRegion")
 		}
-		if strings.ToLower(backend) == "watsonxai" {
+		if strings.ToLower(backend) == "ibmwatsonxai" {
 			_ = cmd.MarkFlagRequired("providerId")
 		}
 	},
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func init() {
 	//add flag for amazonbedrock region name
 	addCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&providerRegion, "providerRegion", "r", "", "Provider Region name (only for amazonbedrock, googlevertexai backend)")
 	//add flag for vertexAI/WatsonxAI Project ID
-	addCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&providerId, "providerId", "i", "", "Provider specific ID for e.g. project (only for googlevertexai/watsonxai backend)")
+	addCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&providerId, "providerId", "i", "", "Provider specific ID for e.g. project (only for googlevertexai/ibmwatsonxai backend)")
 	//add flag for OCI Compartment ID
 	addCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&compartmentId, "compartmentId", "k", "", "Compartment ID for generative AI model (only for oci backend)")
 	// add flag for openai organization
diff --git a/pkg/ai/watsonxai.go b/pkg/ai/watsonxai.go
index 15bbfdc922..edcb2396ee 100644
--- a/pkg/ai/watsonxai.go
+++ b/pkg/ai/watsonxai.go
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+
 	wx "github.com/IBM/watsonx-go/pkg/models"
 )
 
-const watsonxAIClientName = "watsonxai"
+const watsonxAIClientName = "ibmwatsonxai"
 
 type WatsonxAIClient struct {
 	nopCloser