diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b2ca5a..3c5e020 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ usually after receiving `ServerEventListMessages`.
 ### Added
 
 - More test coverage of the protocol
-- `Server.acknowledge_authentication()` method
+- `Server.authenticate()` method
 - `Server.list_channels()` method
 - `ServerEventListChannels` type
 - `ClientEventMessagesListed` type
diff --git a/src/dumdum/protocol/server/protocol.py b/src/dumdum/protocol/server/protocol.py
index 49d5aed..ba39115 100644
--- a/src/dumdum/protocol/server/protocol.py
+++ b/src/dumdum/protocol/server/protocol.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def receive_bytes(self, data: bytes) -> ParsedData:
         self._buffer.extend(data)
         return self._maybe_parse_buffer()
 
-    def acknowledge_authentication(self, *, success: bool) -> bytes:
+    def authenticate(self, *, success: bool) -> bytes:
         self._assert_state(ServerState.AWAITING_AUTHENTICATION)
 
         if success:
diff --git a/src/dumdum/server.py b/src/dumdum/server.py
index c53c1b7..a2c5f77 100644
--- a/src/dumdum/server.py
+++ b/src/dumdum/server.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def _authenticate(self, conn: Connection, event: ServerEventAuthentication) -> N
         else:
             success = False
 
-        data = conn.server.acknowledge_authentication(success=success)
+        data = conn.server.authenticate(success=success)
         conn.writer.write(data)
 
     def _broadcast_message(
diff --git a/tests/test_protocol.py b/tests/test_protocol.py
index d3334c9..e5057c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_protocol.py
+++ b/tests/test_protocol.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_authenticate():
     assert client_events == []
     assert server_events == [ServerEventAuthentication(nick=nick)]
 
-    data = server.acknowledge_authentication(success=True)
+    data = server.authenticate(success=True)
     server_events, client_events = communicate(server, data, client)
     assert client_events == [ClientEventAuthentication(success=True)]
     assert server_events == []
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def test_send_message():
     server = Server()
 
     communicate(client, client.authenticate(), server)
-    communicate(server, server.acknowledge_authentication(success=True), client)
+    communicate(server, server.authenticate(success=True), client)
 
     client_events, server_events = communicate(
         client,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def test_list_channels():
     server = Server()
 
     communicate(client, client.authenticate(), server)
-    communicate(server, server.acknowledge_authentication(success=True), client)
+    communicate(server, server.authenticate(success=True), client)
 
     client_events, server_events = communicate(client, client.list_channels(), server)
     assert client_events == []
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def test_list_messages():
     server = Server()
 
     communicate(client, client.authenticate(), server)
-    communicate(server, server.acknowledge_authentication(success=True), client)
+    communicate(server, server.authenticate(success=True), client)
 
     before = 1
     after = 2