diff --git a/common/app/common/RequestLogger.scala b/common/app/common/RequestLogger.scala
index 05b13800063..c319a982365 100644
--- a/common/app/common/RequestLogger.scala
+++ b/common/app/common/RequestLogger.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ case class RequestLoggerFields(request: RequestHeader, response: Option[Result],
 
     (allowListedHeaders ++ guardianSpecificHeaders).toList.map { case (headerName, headerValue) =>
       if (headerName == "x-gu-xid") {
-        LogFieldString(s"fastlyRequestId", headerValue)
+        LogFieldString(s"requestId", headerValue)
       } else {
         LogFieldString(s"req.header.$headerName", headerValue)
       }
diff --git a/common/app/common/package.scala b/common/app/common/package.scala
index 25ab5414522..7781cd36db5 100644
--- a/common/app/common/package.scala
+++ b/common/app/common/package.scala
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ object `package`
       context: ApplicationContext,
       log: Logger,
   ): PartialFunction[Throwable, Result] = {
-    val fastlyRequestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid").getOrElse("fastly-id-not-provided")
+    val requestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid").getOrElse("request-id-not-provided")
     val customFieldMarker: LogstashMarker = {
-      append("fastlyRequestId", fastlyRequestId)
+      append("requestId", requestId)
     }
     {
       case _: CircuitBreakerOpenException =>
diff --git a/common/app/renderers/DotcomRenderingService.scala b/common/app/renderers/DotcomRenderingService.scala
index 96722bffc9f..ec80f08769f 100644
--- a/common/app/renderers/DotcomRenderingService.scala
+++ b/common/app/renderers/DotcomRenderingService.scala
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class DotcomRenderingService extends GuLogging with ResultWithPreconnectPreload
       ws: WSClient,
       payload: JsValue,
       endpoint: String,
-      fastlyRequestId: Option[String],
+      requestId: Option[String],
       timeout: Duration = Configuration.rendering.timeout,
   )(implicit request: RequestHeader): Future[WSResponse] = {
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class DotcomRenderingService extends GuLogging with ResultWithPreconnectPreload
       .withRequestTimeout(timeout)
       .addHttpHeaders("Content-Type" -> "application/json")
 
-    val resp = fastlyRequestId match {
+    val resp = requestId match {
       case Some(id) => request.addHttpHeaders("x-gu-xid" -> id).post(payload)
       case None     => request.post(payload)
     }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class DotcomRenderingService extends GuLogging with ResultWithPreconnectPreload
       cacheTime: CacheTime,
       timeout: Duration = Configuration.rendering.timeout,
   )(implicit request: RequestHeader): Future[Result] = {
-    val fastlyRequestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid")
+    val requestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid")
     def handler(response: WSResponse): Result = {
       response.status match {
         case 200 =>
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ class DotcomRenderingService extends GuLogging with ResultWithPreconnectPreload
 
     if (CircuitBreakerDcrSwitch.isSwitchedOn) {
       circuitBreaker
-        .withCircuitBreaker(postWithoutHandler(ws, payload, endpoint, fastlyRequestId, timeout))
+        .withCircuitBreaker(postWithoutHandler(ws, payload, endpoint, requestId, timeout))
         .map(handler)
     } else {
-      postWithoutHandler(ws, payload, endpoint, fastlyRequestId, timeout).map(handler)
+      postWithoutHandler(ws, payload, endpoint, requestId, timeout).map(handler)
     }
   }
 
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ class DotcomRenderingService extends GuLogging with ResultWithPreconnectPreload
   )(implicit request: RequestHeader): Future[String] = {
     val dataModel = DotcomBlocksRenderingDataModel(page, request, blocks)
     val json = DotcomBlocksRenderingDataModel.toJson(dataModel)
-    val fastlyRequestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid")
+    val requestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid")
 
-    postWithoutHandler(ws, json, Configuration.rendering.articleBaseURL + "/Blocks", fastlyRequestId)
+    postWithoutHandler(ws, json, Configuration.rendering.articleBaseURL + "/Blocks", requestId)
       .flatMap(response => {
         if (response.status == 200)
           Future.successful(response.body)
@@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ class DotcomRenderingService extends GuLogging with ResultWithPreconnectPreload
   )(implicit request: RequestHeader): Future[String] = {
     val dataModel = DotcomBlocksRenderingDataModel(page, request, blocks)
     val json = DotcomBlocksRenderingDataModel.toJson(dataModel)
-    val fastlyRequestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid")
+    val requestId = request.headers.get("x-gu-xid")
 
-    postWithoutHandler(ws, json, Configuration.rendering.articleBaseURL + "/AppsBlocks", fastlyRequestId)
+    postWithoutHandler(ws, json, Configuration.rendering.articleBaseURL + "/AppsBlocks", requestId)
       .flatMap(response => {
         if (response.status == 200)
           Future.successful(response.body)
diff --git a/common/app/utils/DotcomponentsLogger.scala b/common/app/utils/DotcomponentsLogger.scala
index 3ade62673a1..5e7dc0b2b53 100644
--- a/common/app/utils/DotcomponentsLogger.scala
+++ b/common/app/utils/DotcomponentsLogger.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ case class DotcomponentsLoggerFields(request: Option[RequestHeader]) {
           "req.method" -> r.method,
           "req.url" -> r.uri,
           "req.id" -> Random.nextInt(Integer.MAX_VALUE).toString,
-          "fastlyRequestId" -> r.headers.get("x-gu-xid").getOrElse("fastly-id-not-provided"),
+          "requestId" -> r.headers.get("x-gu-xid").getOrElse("request-id-not-provided"),
         )
       }
       .getOrElse(Nil)