diff --git a/lib/new_relic/agent/vm.rb b/lib/new_relic/agent/vm.rb
index 95dffa2a2b..9a561f01e0 100644
--- a/lib/new_relic/agent/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/new_relic/agent/vm.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'new_relic/language_support'
-require 'new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm'
+require 'new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm'
 require 'new_relic/agent/vm/jruby_vm'
 
 module NewRelic
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def self.create_vm
         if NewRelic::LanguageSupport.jruby?
           JRubyVM.new
         else
-          MriVM.new
+          CRubyVM.new
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm.rb b/lib/new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm.rb
similarity index 99%
rename from lib/new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm.rb
rename to lib/new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm.rb
index 51e7c8eaab..abf2cf127a 100644
--- a/lib/new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm.rb
+++ b/lib/new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 module NewRelic
   module Agent
     module VM
-      class MriVM
+      class CRubyVM
         def snapshot
           snap = Snapshot.new
           gather_stats(snap)
diff --git a/test/new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm_test.rb b/test/new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm_test.rb
similarity index 91%
rename from test/new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm_test.rb
rename to test/new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm_test.rb
index afccec49e4..213d6c3e4f 100644
--- a/test/new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm_test.rb
+++ b/test/new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm_test.rb
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require_relative '../../../test_helper'
-require 'new_relic/agent/vm/mri_vm'
+require 'new_relic/agent/vm/c_ruby_vm'
 
 unless NewRelic::LanguageSupport.jruby?
   module NewRelic
     module Agent
       module VM
-        class MriVMTest < Minitest::Test
+        class CRubyVMTest < Minitest::Test
           def setup
             @snap = Snapshot.new
-            @vm = MriVM.new
+            @vm = CRubyVM.new
           end
 
           def test_gather_gc_time_sets_gc_total_time_if_gc_profiler_is_enabled