diff --git a/atoma-proxy-service/src/handlers/nodes.rs b/atoma-proxy-service/src/handlers/nodes.rs
index 8907ff20..4baff6b2 100644
--- a/atoma-proxy-service/src/handlers/nodes.rs
+++ b/atoma-proxy-service/src/handlers/nodes.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub async fn update_node_attestation(
         })?;
     let mut hasher = blake2::Blake2b::new();
     hasher.update(update_attestation.node_small_id.to_le_bytes());
-    hasher.update(&update_attestation.attestation);
+    hasher.update(&update_attestation.compressed_evidence);
     let attestation_hash: [u8; 32] = hasher.finalize().into();
 
     match signature_scheme {
diff --git a/atoma-state/src/migrations/20250728113130_rename-column.sql b/atoma-state/src/migrations/20250728113130_rename-column.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad2ddf53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atoma-state/src/migrations/20250728113130_rename-column.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE node_attestations
+RENAME COLUMN attestation TO compressed_evidence;
diff --git a/atoma-state/src/state_manager.rs b/atoma-state/src/state_manager.rs
index 6e937509..cb707910 100644
--- a/atoma-state/src/state_manager.rs
+++ b/atoma-state/src/state_manager.rs
@@ -1218,14 +1218,14 @@ impl AtomaState {
     #[instrument(level = "trace", skip_all, fields(node_small_id = %attestation.node_small_id))]
     pub async fn update_node_attestation(&self, attestation: NodeAttestation) -> Result<()> {
         sqlx::query(
-            "INSERT INTO node_attestations (node_small_id, attestation)
+            "INSERT INTO node_attestations (node_small_id, compressed_evidence)
              VALUES ($1, $2)
              ON CONFLICT (node_small_id) DO UPDATE SET
-             attestation = EXCLUDED.attestation,
+             compressed_evidence = EXCLUDED.compressed_evidence,
              updated_at = NOW()",
         )
         .bind(attestation.node_small_id)
-        .bind(attestation.attestation)
+        .bind(attestation.compressed_evidence)
         .execute(&self.db)
         .await?;
         Ok(())
diff --git a/atoma-state/src/types.rs b/atoma-state/src/types.rs
index c01002d1..a5f9d25e 100644
--- a/atoma-state/src/types.rs
+++ b/atoma-state/src/types.rs
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ pub struct NodePublicKey {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, FromRow, ToSchema)]
 pub struct NodeAttestation {
     pub node_small_id: i64,
-    pub attestation: Vec<u8>,
+    pub compressed_evidence: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 pub enum AtomaAtomaStateManagerEvent {