diff --git a/ros2bag/ros2bag/verb/play.py b/ros2bag/ros2bag/verb/play.py
index 072a2684ca..403829b0f1 100644
--- a/ros2bag/ros2bag/verb/play.py
+++ b/ros2bag/ros2bag/verb/play.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 from ros2bag.verb import VerbExtension
 from ros2cli.node import NODE_NAME_PREFIX
 from rosbag2_py import get_registered_readers
+from rosbag2_py import Player
 from rosbag2_py import PlayOptions
 from rosbag2_py import StorageOptions
-from rosbag2_py import Transport
 import yaml
 
 
@@ -106,5 +106,5 @@ def main(self, *, args):  # noqa: D102
             topic_remapping_options=topic_remapping,
         )
 
-        transport = Transport()
-        transport.play(storage_options, play_options)
+        player = Player()
+        player.play(storage_options, play_options)
diff --git a/rosbag2_py/rosbag2_py/__init__.py b/rosbag2_py/rosbag2_py/__init__.py
index b6c11d8ba3..782db5c074 100644
--- a/rosbag2_py/rosbag2_py/__init__.py
+++ b/rosbag2_py/rosbag2_py/__init__.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
         Info,
     )
     from rosbag2_py._transport import (
+        Player,
         PlayOptions,
-        Transport,
     )
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@
     'TopicInformation',
     'BagMetadata',
     'Info',
+    'Player',
     'PlayOptions',
-    'Transport',
 ]
diff --git a/rosbag2_py/src/rosbag2_py/_transport.cpp b/rosbag2_py/src/rosbag2_py/_transport.cpp
index 1eb8895674..f74ea79565 100644
--- a/rosbag2_py/src/rosbag2_py/_transport.cpp
+++ b/rosbag2_py/src/rosbag2_py/_transport.cpp
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ using Rosbag2Transport = rosbag2_transport::Rosbag2Transport;
 namespace rosbag2_py
 {
 
-class Transport
+class Player
 {
 public:
-  Transport() {}
-
-  virtual ~Transport() = default;
+  Player() = default;
+  virtual ~Player() = default;
 
   void play(
     const rosbag2_storage::StorageOptions & storage_options,
@@ -107,8 +106,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_transport, m) {
   .def_readwrite("topic_remapping_options", &PlayOptions::topic_remapping_options)
   ;
 
-  pybind11::class_<rosbag2_py::Transport>(m, "Transport")
+  pybind11::class_<rosbag2_py::Player>(m, "Player")
   .def(pybind11::init())
-  .def("play", &rosbag2_py::Transport::play)
+  .def("play", &rosbag2_py::Player::play)
   ;
 }