diff --git a/pynestml/meta_model/ast_model.py b/pynestml/meta_model/ast_model.py
index c4b7374bf..f2fae8021 100644
--- a/pynestml/meta_model/ast_model.py
+++ b/pynestml/meta_model/ast_model.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def create_empty_update_block(self):
         """
         assert not self.get_update_blocks(), "create_empty_update_block() called although update block already present"
         from pynestml.meta_model.ast_node_factory import ASTNodeFactory
-        block = ASTNodeFactory.create_ast_block([], ASTSourceLocation.get_predefined_source_position())
+        block = ASTNodeFactory.create_ast_stmts_body([], ASTSourceLocation.get_predefined_source_position())
         update_block = ASTNodeFactory.create_ast_update_block(block, ASTSourceLocation.get_predefined_source_position())
         self.get_body().get_body_elements().append(update_block)
 
diff --git a/pynestml/meta_model/ast_node_factory.py b/pynestml/meta_model/ast_node_factory.py
index 63775f023..012343147 100644
--- a/pynestml/meta_model/ast_node_factory.py
+++ b/pynestml/meta_model/ast_node_factory.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def create_ast_bit_operator(cls, is_bit_and=False, is_bit_xor=False, is_bit_or=F
         return ASTBitOperator(is_bit_and, is_bit_xor, is_bit_or, is_bit_shift_left, is_bit_shift_right, source_position=source_position)
 
     @classmethod
-    def create_ast_block(cls, stmts, source_position):
+    def create_ast_stmts_body(cls, stmts, source_position):
         # type: (list(ASTSmallStmt|ASTCompoundStmt),ASTSourceLocation) -> ASTStmtsBody
         return ASTStmtsBody(stmts, source_position=source_position)
 
diff --git a/pynestml/visitors/ast_builder_visitor.py b/pynestml/visitors/ast_builder_visitor.py
index edcab7a22..5c0a48c55 100644
--- a/pynestml/visitors/ast_builder_visitor.py
+++ b/pynestml/visitors/ast_builder_visitor.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def visitStmtsBody(self, ctx):
         if ctx.stmt() is not None:
             for stmt in ctx.stmt():
                 stmts.append(self.visit(stmt))
-        block = ASTNodeFactory.create_ast_block(stmts=stmts, source_position=create_source_pos(ctx))
+        block = ASTNodeFactory.create_stmts_body(stmts=stmts, source_position=create_source_pos(ctx))
         return block
 
     # Visit a parse tree produced by PyNESTMLParser#compound_Stmt.