diff --git a/src/neo4j_genai/__init__.py b/src/neo4j_genai/__init__.py
index 5977ff3c..d702b6cb 100644
--- a/src/neo4j_genai/__init__.py
+++ b/src/neo4j_genai/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .retrievers import VectorRetriever, GraphRetriever
+from .retrievers import VectorRetriever, CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever
 
 
-__all__ = ["VectorRetriever", "GraphRetriever"]
+__all__ = ["VectorRetriever", "CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever"]
diff --git a/src/neo4j_genai/retrievers.py b/src/neo4j_genai/retrievers.py
index 3464ca81..b2e9c4ba 100644
--- a/src/neo4j_genai/retrievers.py
+++ b/src/neo4j_genai/retrievers.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def search(
             )
 
 
-class GraphRetriever(VectorRetriever):
+class CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever(VectorRetriever):
     """
     Provides retrieval method using vector similarity and custom Cypher query
     """
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 68ee8ce2..9fa773ef 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
-from neo4j_genai import VectorRetriever, GraphRetriever
+from neo4j_genai import VectorRetriever, CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever
 from neo4j import Driver
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ def vector_retriever(_verify_version_mock, driver):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-@patch("neo4j_genai.GraphRetriever._verify_version")
-def graph_retriever(_verify_version_mock, driver):
+@patch("neo4j_genai.CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever._verify_version")
+def cyphaug_vector_retriever(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     custom_retrieval_query = """
         RETURN node.id AS node_id, node.text AS text, score
         """
-    return GraphRetriever(driver, "my-index", custom_retrieval_query)
+    return CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever(driver, "my-index", custom_retrieval_query)
diff --git a/tests/test_retrievers.py b/tests/test_retrievers.py
index 8c57283e..bbd00f14 100644
--- a/tests/test_retrievers.py
+++ b/tests/test_retrievers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from neo4j.exceptions import CypherSyntaxError
 
 from neo4j_genai import VectorRetriever
-from neo4j_genai.retrievers import GraphRetriever
+from neo4j_genai.retrievers import CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever
 from neo4j_genai.types import Neo4jRecord
 
 
@@ -137,15 +137,17 @@ def test_vector_retriever_search_both_text_and_vector(vector_retriever):
         )
 
 
-def test_graph_retriever_search_missing_embedder_for_text(graph_retriever):
+def test_cyphaug_vector_retriever_search_missing_embedder_for_text(
+    cyphaug_vector_retriever,
+):
     query_text = "may thy knife chip and shatter"
     top_k = 5
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Embedding method required for text query"):
-        graph_retriever.search(query_text=query_text, top_k=top_k)
+        cyphaug_vector_retriever.search(query_text=query_text, top_k=top_k)
 
 
-def test_graph_retriever_search_both_text_and_vector(graph_retriever):
+def test_cyphaug_vector_retriever_search_both_text_and_vector(cyphaug_vector_retriever):
     query_text = "may thy knife chip and shatter"
     query_vector = [1.1, 2.2, 3.3]
     top_k = 5
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ def test_graph_retriever_search_both_text_and_vector(graph_retriever):
     with pytest.raises(
         ValueError, match="You must provide exactly one of query_vector or query_text."
     ):
-        graph_retriever.search(
+        cyphaug_vector_retriever.search(
             query_text=query_text,
             query_vector=query_vector,
             top_k=top_k,
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ def test_similarity_search_vector_bad_results(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     )
 
 
-@patch("neo4j_genai.GraphRetriever._verify_version")
+@patch("neo4j_genai.CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever._verify_version")
 def test_custom_retrieval_query_happy_path(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     embed_query_vector = [1.0 for _ in range(1536)]
     custom_embeddings = MagicMock()
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ def test_custom_retrieval_query_happy_path(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     custom_retrieval_query = """
         RETURN node.id AS node_id, node.text AS text, score
         """
-    retriever = GraphRetriever(
+    retriever = CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever(
         driver, index_name, custom_retrieval_query, embedder=custom_embeddings
     )
     query_text = "may thy knife chip and shatter"
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ def test_custom_retrieval_query_happy_path(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     assert records == [{"node_id": 123, "text": "dummy-text", "score": 1.0}]
 
 
-@patch("neo4j_genai.GraphRetriever._verify_version")
+@patch("neo4j_genai.CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever._verify_version")
 def test_custom_retrieval_query_with_params(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     embed_query_vector = [1.0 for _ in range(1536)]
     custom_embeddings = MagicMock()
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ def test_custom_retrieval_query_with_params(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     custom_params = {
         "param": "dummy-param",
     }
-    retriever = GraphRetriever(
+    retriever = CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever(
         driver,
         index_name,
         custom_retrieval_query,
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ def test_custom_retrieval_query_with_params(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     assert records == [{"node_id": 123, "text": "dummy-text", "score": 1.0}]
 
 
-@patch("neo4j_genai.GraphRetriever._verify_version")
+@patch("neo4j_genai.CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever._verify_version")
 def test_custom_retrieval_query_cypher_error(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     embed_query_vector = [1.0 for _ in range(1536)]
     custom_embeddings = MagicMock()
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ def test_custom_retrieval_query_cypher_error(_verify_version_mock, driver):
     custom_retrieval_query = """
         this is not a cypher query
         """
-    retriever = GraphRetriever(
+    retriever = CypherAugmentedVectorRetriever(
         driver, index_name, custom_retrieval_query, embedder=custom_embeddings
     )
     query_text = "may thy knife chip and shatter"