diff --git a/node/src/index.ts b/node/src/index.ts
index cd7d0d40..7489b049 100644
--- a/node/src/index.ts
+++ b/node/src/index.ts
@@ -168,9 +168,16 @@ export class Table<T = number[]> {
    *
    * @param indexParams The parameters of this Index, @see VectorIndexParams.
    */
-  async create_index (indexParams: VectorIndexParams): Promise<any> {
+  async createIndex (indexParams: VectorIndexParams): Promise<any> {
     return tableCreateVectorIndex.call(this._tbl, indexParams)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use [Table.createIndex]
+   */
+  async create_index (indexParams: VectorIndexParams): Promise<any> {
+    return await this.createIndex(indexParams)
+  }
 }
 
 interface IvfPQIndexConfig {
diff --git a/node/src/test/test.ts b/node/src/test/test.ts
index 5988be6a..87d881be 100644
--- a/node/src/test/test.ts
+++ b/node/src/test/test.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ describe('LanceDB client', function () {
       const uri = await createTestDB(32, 300)
       const con = await lancedb.connect(uri)
       const table = await con.openTable('vectors')
-      await table.create_index({ type: 'ivf_pq', column: 'vector', num_partitions: 2, max_iters: 2 })
+      await table.createIndex({ type: 'ivf_pq', column: 'vector', num_partitions: 2, max_iters: 2 })
     }).timeout(10_000) // Timeout is high partially because GH macos runner is pretty slow
   })