diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-api/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/EventPublication.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-api/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/EventPublication.java
index f411933c..e3b4c3f9 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-api/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/EventPublication.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-api/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/EventPublication.java
@@ -76,9 +76,19 @@ public interface EventPublication {
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether the publication of the event has completed.
 	 *
-	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @deprecated since 1.3, use {@link #isCompleted()} instead.
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	default boolean isPublicationCompleted() {
+		return isCompleted();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the publication of the event has completed.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	default boolean isCompleted() {
 		return getCompletionDate().isPresent();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/core/TargetEventPublicationUnitTests.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/core/TargetEventPublicationUnitTests.java
index a20098ef..d58e2450 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/core/TargetEventPublicationUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/core/TargetEventPublicationUnitTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class TargetEventPublicationUnitTests {
 		var publication = TargetEventPublication.of(new Object(),
 				PublicationTargetIdentifier.of("foo"));
 
-		assertThat(publication.isPublicationCompleted()).isFalse();
+		assertThat(publication.isCompleted()).isFalse();
 		assertThat(publication.getCompletionDate()).isNotPresent();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationRepositoryPerformance.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationRepositoryPerformance.java
index 7e294913..499cc788 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationRepositoryPerformance.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationRepositoryPerformance.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class JdbcEventPublicationRepositoryPerformance {
 
 			var candidate = publications.get(new Random().nextInt(number));
 
-			if (!candidate.isPublicationCompleted()) {
+			if (!candidate.isCompleted()) {
 				toComplete = candidate;
 			}