diff --git a/monkey/common/event_queue/i_island_event_queue.py b/monkey/common/event_queue/i_island_event_queue.py
index 65eb94ee3..c8e5115a9 100644
--- a/monkey/common/event_queue/i_island_event_queue.py
+++ b/monkey/common/event_queue/i_island_event_queue.py
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ class IIslandEventQueue(ABC):
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def publish(self, topic: IslandEventTopic, event_data: Any = None):
+    def publish(self, topic: IslandEventTopic, event: Any = None):
         """
         Publishes an event topic with the given data
 
         :param topic: Event topic to publish
-        :param event_data: Event data to pass to subscribers with the event publish
+        :param event: Event to pass to subscribers with the event publish
         """
 
         pass
diff --git a/monkey/common/event_queue/pypubsub_island_event_queue.py b/monkey/common/event_queue/pypubsub_island_event_queue.py
index d5d1df7cd..8898b343a 100644
--- a/monkey/common/event_queue/pypubsub_island_event_queue.py
+++ b/monkey/common/event_queue/pypubsub_island_event_queue.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class PyPubSubIslandEventQueue(IIslandEventQueue):
         #       scope. Adding subscribers to self._refs prevents them from ever going out of scope.
         self._refs.append(subscriber)
 
-    def publish(self, topic: IslandEventTopic, event_data: Any = None):
+    def publish(self, topic: IslandEventTopic, event: Any = None):
         topic_value = topic.value  # needs to be a string for pypubsub
 
         logger.debug(f"Publishing {topic_value} event")
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ class PyPubSubIslandEventQueue(IIslandEventQueue):
         #       otherwise, errors will arise. The MDS of a topic is set when the topic is created,
         #       which in our case is when a subscriber subscribes to a topic (in `subscribe()`)
         #       which is new (hasn't been subscribed to before).
-        self._pypubsub_publisher.sendMessage(topicName=topic_value, event=event_data)
+        self._pypubsub_publisher.sendMessage(topicName=topic_value, event=event)