diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-fns.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-fns.ts
index 16ad991ca..e1afceada 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-fns.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
 
 import { UnauthorizedError } from "@app/lib/errors";
 
-import { TDecodedGcpIamAuthJwt, TGcpGceIdTokenPayload } from "./identity-gcp-auth-types";
+import { TDecodedGcpIamAuthJwt, TGcpIdTokenPayload } from "./identity-gcp-auth-types";
 
 /**
  * Validates that the identity token [jwt] sent in from a client GCE instance as part of GCP ID Token authentication
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ import { TDecodedGcpIamAuthJwt, TGcpGceIdTokenPayload } from "./identity-gcp-aut
  * @param {string} jwt - The identity token to validate.
  * @param {string} credentials - The credentials in the GCP Auth configuration for Infisical.
  */
-export const validateGceIdentity = async ({ identityId, jwt: identityToken }: { identityId: string; jwt: string }) => {
+export const validateIdTokenIdentity = async ({
+  identityId,
+  jwt: identityToken
+}: {
+  identityId: string;
+  jwt: string;
+}) => {
   const oAuth2Client = new OAuth2Client();
   const response = await oAuth2Client.getFederatedSignonCerts();
   const ticket = await oAuth2Client.verifySignedJwtWithCertsAsync(
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ export const validateGceIdentity = async ({ identityId, jwt: identityToken }: {
     identityId, // audience
     ["https://accounts.google.com"]
   );
-  const payload = ticket.getPayload() as TGcpGceIdTokenPayload;
+  const payload = ticket.getPayload() as TGcpIdTokenPayload;
   if (!payload || !payload.email) throw new UnauthorizedError();
 
   return { email: payload.email, computeEngineDetails: payload.google?.compute_engine };
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts
index 8c4fa8b49..b821b6dc3 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { TIdentityOrgDALFactory } from "../identity/identity-org-dal";
 import { TIdentityAccessTokenDALFactory } from "../identity-access-token/identity-access-token-dal";
 import { TIdentityAccessTokenJwtPayload } from "../identity-access-token/identity-access-token-types";
 import { TIdentityGcpAuthDALFactory } from "./identity-gcp-auth-dal";
-import { validateGceIdentity, validateIamIdentity } from "./identity-gcp-auth-fns";
+import { validateIamIdentity, validateIdTokenIdentity } from "./identity-gcp-auth-fns";
 import {
   TAttachGcpAuthDTO,
   TGcpIdentityDetails,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const identityGcpAuthServiceFactory = ({
   permissionService,
   licenseService
 }: TIdentityGcpAuthServiceFactoryDep) => {
-  const login = async ({ identityId, jwt: serviceAccountJwt }: TLoginGcpAuthDTO) => {
+  const login = async ({ identityId, jwt: gcpJwt }: TLoginGcpAuthDTO) => {
     const identityGcpAuth = await identityGcpAuthDAL.findOne({ identityId });
     if (!identityGcpAuth) throw new UnauthorizedError();
 
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ export const identityGcpAuthServiceFactory = ({
     let gcpIdentityDetails: TGcpIdentityDetails;
     switch (identityGcpAuth.type) {
       case "gce": {
-        gcpIdentityDetails = await validateGceIdentity({
+        gcpIdentityDetails = await validateIdTokenIdentity({
           identityId,
-          jwt: serviceAccountJwt
+          jwt: gcpJwt
         });
         break;
       }
       case "iam": {
         gcpIdentityDetails = await validateIamIdentity({
           identityId,
-          jwt: serviceAccountJwt
+          jwt: gcpJwt
         });
         break;
       }
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-types.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-types.ts
index 931de78e0..60ab36b58 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-types.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export type TGcpIdentityDetails = {
   computeEngineDetails?: TComputeEngineDetails;
 };
 
-export type TGcpGceIdTokenPayload = {
+export type TGcpIdTokenPayload = {
   aud: string;
   azp: string;
   email: string;