diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/__init__.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/__init__.py
index ecf999a66aba..6f8a456d2b82 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/__init__.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from .base import HTTPPolicy, SansIOHTTPPolicy
-from .credentials import BearerTokenCredentialPolicy
+from .authentication import BearerTokenCredentialPolicy
 from .custom_hook import CustomHookPolicy
 from .redirect import RedirectPolicy
 from .retry import RetryPolicy
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 try:
     from .base_async import AsyncHTTPPolicy
-    from .credentials_async import AsyncBearerTokenCredentialPolicy
+    from .authentication_async import AsyncBearerTokenCredentialPolicy
     from .redirect_async import AsyncRedirectPolicy
     from .retry_async import AsyncRetryPolicy
     __all__.extend([
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/credentials.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/authentication.py
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/credentials.py
rename to sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/authentication.py
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/credentials_async.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/authentication_async.py
similarity index 94%
rename from sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/credentials_async.py
rename to sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/authentication_async.py
index 416fd76be3cc..641f7fae5fed 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/credentials_async.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/authentication_async.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from azure.core.pipeline import PipelineRequest, PipelineResponse
 from azure.core.pipeline.policies import AsyncHTTPPolicy
-from azure.core.pipeline.policies.credentials import _BearerTokenCredentialPolicyBase
+from azure.core.pipeline.policies.authentication import _BearerTokenCredentialPolicyBase
 
 
 class AsyncBearerTokenCredentialPolicy(_BearerTokenCredentialPolicyBase, AsyncHTTPPolicy):
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/azure_core_asynctests/test_credentials.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/azure_core_asynctests/test_authentication.py
similarity index 93%
rename from sdk/core/azure-core/tests/azure_core_asynctests/test_credentials.py
rename to sdk/core/azure-core/tests/azure_core_asynctests/test_authentication.py
index f998e9268084..345f7751d0b5 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/azure_core_asynctests/test_credentials.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/azure_core_asynctests/test_authentication.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 from azure.core.pipeline import AsyncPipeline, PipelineResponse
-from azure.core.pipeline.policies import HTTPPolicy
-from azure.core.pipeline.policies.credentials_async import AsyncBearerTokenCredentialPolicy
+from azure.core.pipeline.policies import AsyncBearerTokenCredentialPolicy, HTTPPolicy
 from azure.core.pipeline.transport import HttpRequest, AsyncHttpTransport
 import pytest
 
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_credentials.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_authentication.py
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_credentials.py
rename to sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_authentication.py