diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/ExplanationResponseProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/ExplanationResponseProcessor.java
index 01cdfcb0d..1cdd69b15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/ExplanationResponseProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/ExplanationResponseProcessor.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 @AllArgsConstructor
 public class ExplanationResponseProcessor implements SearchResponseProcessor {
 
-    public static final String TYPE = "explanation_response_processor";
+    public static final String TYPE = "hybrid_score_explanation";
 
     private final String description;
     private final String tag;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/factory/ExplanationResponseProcessorFactoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/factory/ExplanationResponseProcessorFactoryTests.java
index 453cc471c..8f1dad626 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/factory/ExplanationResponseProcessorFactoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/factory/ExplanationResponseProcessorFactoryTests.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ private static void assertProcessor(SearchResponseProcessor responseProcessor, S
         assertNotNull(responseProcessor);
         assertTrue(responseProcessor instanceof ExplanationResponseProcessor);
         ExplanationResponseProcessor explanationResponseProcessor = (ExplanationResponseProcessor) responseProcessor;
-        assertEquals("explanation_response_processor", explanationResponseProcessor.getType());
+        assertEquals("hybrid_score_explanation", explanationResponseProcessor.getType());
         assertEquals(tag, explanationResponseProcessor.getTag());
         assertEquals(description, explanationResponseProcessor.getDescription());
         assertEquals(ignoreFailure, explanationResponseProcessor.isIgnoreFailure());