diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index df2732a8..cd961fdf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "cxx-dataflow-example-node"
+name = "cxx-dataflow-example-node-rust-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cxx",
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/Cargo.toml b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/Cargo.toml
similarity index 90%
rename from examples/c++-dataflow/node/Cargo.toml
rename to examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/Cargo.toml
index d118866d..fa7b1273 100644
--- a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "cxx-dataflow-example-node"
+name = "cxx-dataflow-example-node-rust-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/build.rs b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/build.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/c++-dataflow/node/build.rs
rename to examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/build.rs
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.cc b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.cc
rename to examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.cc
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.h b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.h
similarity index 57%
rename from examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.h
rename to examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.h
index ac430d20..c591b24f 100644
--- a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.h
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
-#include "cxx-dataflow-example-node/src/main.rs.h"
+#include "cxx-dataflow-example-node-rust-api/src/main.rs.h"
 
 void cxx_main(Inputs &inputs, const OutputSender &output_sender);
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.rs b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.rs
rename to examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.rs
index 2d1535a9..cefa7ae7 100644
--- a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node-rust-api/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mod ffi {
     }
 
     unsafe extern "C++" {
-        include!("cxx-dataflow-example-node/src/main.h");
+        include!("cxx-dataflow-example-node-rust-api/src/main.h");
 
         fn cxx_main(inputs: &mut Inputs, output_sender: &OutputSender);
     }
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs b/examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs
index cf0a3a13..004ebd1c 100644
--- a/examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     std::env::set_current_dir(root.join(file!()).parent().unwrap())
         .wrap_err("failed to set working dir")?;
 
-    build_package("cxx-dataflow-example-node").await?;
+    build_package("cxx-dataflow-example-node-rust-api").await?;
     build_package("dora-runtime").await?;
 
     dora_coordinator::run(dora_coordinator::Command::Run {