diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a7671239..0891f75b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ elseif(BUILD_HIP)
 
     list(APPEND SRC_FILES ${HIP_FILES})
 
-    string(APPEND BNB_OUTPUT_NAME "_hip")
+    string(APPEND BNB_OUTPUT_NAME "_rocm")
 
     # get hip version
     execute_process(COMMAND hipconfig --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE HIP_CONFIG_VERSION)
diff --git a/bitsandbytes/cextension.py b/bitsandbytes/cextension.py
index 6e391a752..a096d0d51 100644
--- a/bitsandbytes/cextension.py
+++ b/bitsandbytes/cextension.py
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ def get_cuda_bnb_library_path(cuda_specs: CUDASpecs) -> Path:
     """
     if torch.version.hip:
         if BNB_HIP_VERSION < 601:
-            return PACKAGE_DIR / f"libbitsandbytes_hip{BNB_HIP_VERSION_SHORT}_nohipblaslt{DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+            return PACKAGE_DIR / f"libbitsandbytes_rocm{BNB_HIP_VERSION_SHORT}_nohipblaslt{DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
         else:
-            return PACKAGE_DIR / f"libbitsandbytes_hip{BNB_HIP_VERSION_SHORT}{DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+            return PACKAGE_DIR / f"libbitsandbytes_rocm{BNB_HIP_VERSION_SHORT}{DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
     library_name = f"libbitsandbytes_cuda{cuda_specs.cuda_version_string}"
     if not cuda_specs.has_cublaslt:
         # if not has_cublaslt (CC < 7.5), then we have to choose _nocublaslt