diff --git a/core-java-net/.gitignore b/core-java-networking/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/.gitignore
rename to core-java-networking/.gitignore
diff --git a/core-java-net/README.md b/core-java-networking/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/README.md
rename to core-java-networking/README.md
diff --git a/core-java-net/pom.xml b/core-java-networking/pom.xml
similarity index 80%
rename from core-java-net/pom.xml
rename to core-java-networking/pom.xml
index 28d5766a9a..178295e1ec 100644
--- a/core-java-net/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-networking/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>core-java-net</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>core-java-networking</artifactId>
     <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <name>core-java-net</name>
+    <name>core-java-networking</name>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <build>
-        <finalName>core-java-net</finalName>
+        <finalName>core-java-networking</finalName>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java b/core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java b/core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java b/core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java b/core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java b/core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java
rename to core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java b/core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-networking/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/core-java-networking/src/test/resources/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-net/src/test/resources/.gitignore
rename to core-java-networking/src/test/resources/.gitignore
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a1db4a937..78ce1821fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
                 <!-- <module>core-java-concurrency</module> --> <!-- very long running? -->
                 <!-- <module>core-kotlin</module> --> <!-- long running? -->
                 <module>core-java</module>
-                <module>core-java-net</module>
+                <module>core-java-networking</module>
 
                 <module>dozer</module>
                 <module>disruptor</module>
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@
                 <!-- <module>core-java-concurrency</module> --> <!-- very long running? -->
                 <!-- <module>core-kotlin</module> --> <!-- long running? -->
                 <module>core-java</module>
-                <module>core-java-net</module>
+                <module>core-java-networking</module>
                 
                 <module>dozer</module>
                 <module>disruptor</module>