diff --git a/.circleci/ansible/deploy.yaml b/.circleci/ansible/deploy.yaml
index a8154ba3b0..b47db6a9b5 100644
--- a/.circleci/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.circleci/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       args:
         creates: "/storage/pageserver/data/tenants"
       environment:
-        ZENITH_REPO_DIR: "/storage/pageserver/data"
+        NEON_REPO_DIR: "/storage/pageserver/data"
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "/usr/local/lib"
       become: true
       tags:
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       args:
         creates: "/storage/safekeeper/data/safekeeper.id"
       environment:
-        ZENITH_REPO_DIR: "/storage/safekeeper/data"
+        NEON_REPO_DIR: "/storage/safekeeper/data"
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "/usr/local/lib"
       become: true
       tags:
diff --git a/.circleci/ansible/systemd/pageserver.service b/.circleci/ansible/systemd/pageserver.service
index 54a7b1ba0a..bb78054fa3 100644
--- a/.circleci/ansible/systemd/pageserver.service
+++ b/.circleci/ansible/systemd/pageserver.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target auditd.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 User=pageserver
-Environment=RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ZENITH_REPO_DIR=/storage/pageserver LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
+Environment=RUST_BACKTRACE=1 NEON_REPO_DIR=/storage/pageserver LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pageserver -c "pg_distrib_dir='/usr/local'" -c "listen_pg_addr='0.0.0.0:6400'" -c "listen_http_addr='0.0.0.0:9898'" -c "broker_endpoints=['{{ etcd_endpoints }}']" -D /storage/pageserver/data
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillMode=mixed
diff --git a/.circleci/ansible/systemd/safekeeper.service b/.circleci/ansible/systemd/safekeeper.service
index e4a395a60e..9b1159d812 100644
--- a/.circleci/ansible/systemd/safekeeper.service
+++ b/.circleci/ansible/systemd/safekeeper.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target auditd.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 User=safekeeper
-Environment=RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ZENITH_REPO_DIR=/storage/safekeeper/data LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
+Environment=RUST_BACKTRACE=1 NEON_REPO_DIR=/storage/safekeeper/data LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/safekeeper -l {{ inventory_hostname }}.local:6500 --listen-http {{ inventory_hostname }}.local:7676 -p {{ first_pageserver }}:6400 -D /storage/safekeeper/data --broker-endpoints={{ etcd_endpoints }} --remote-storage='{bucket_name="{{bucket_name}}", bucket_region="{{bucket_region}}", prefix_in_bucket="wal"}'
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillMode=mixed
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 352336496f..0667d8870e 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ tmp_install
 tmp_check_cli
 test_output
 .vscode
-.zenith
-integration_tests/.zenith
+.neon
+integration_tests/.neon
 .mypy_cache
 
 Dockerfile
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 291504ea81..ed718c8c79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ __pycache__/
 test_output/
 .vscode
 .idea
-/.zenith
-/integration_tests/.zenith
+/.neon
+/integration_tests/.neon
 
 # Coverage
 *.profraw
diff --git a/.yapfignore b/.yapfignore
index 258f6c59cd..149428e452 100644
--- a/.yapfignore
+++ b/.yapfignore
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ target/
 tmp_install/
 __pycache__/
 test_output/
-.zenith/
+.neon/
 .git/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0866678490..de9070ac0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Python (3.9 or higher), and install python3 packages using `./scripts/pysync` (r
 #### running neon database
 1. Start pageserver and postgres on top of it (should be called from repo root):
 ```sh
-# Create repository in .zenith with proper paths to binaries and data
+# Create repository in .neon with proper paths to binaries and data
 # Later that would be responsibility of a package install script
 > ./target/debug/neon_local init
 initializing tenantid 9ef87a5bf0d92544f6fafeeb3239695c
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ pageserver init succeeded
 
 # start pageserver and safekeeper
 > ./target/debug/neon_local start
-Starting pageserver at '127.0.0.1:64000' in '.zenith'
+Starting pageserver at '127.0.0.1:64000' in '.neon'
 Pageserver started
 initializing for sk 1 for 7676
-Starting safekeeper at '127.0.0.1:5454' in '.zenith/safekeepers/sk1'
+Starting safekeeper at '127.0.0.1:5454' in '.neon/safekeepers/sk1'
 Safekeeper started
 
 # start postgres compute node
 > ./target/debug/neon_local pg start main
 Starting new postgres main on timeline de200bd42b49cc1814412c7e592dd6e9 ...
-Extracting base backup to create postgres instance: path=.zenith/pgdatadirs/tenants/9ef87a5bf0d92544f6fafeeb3239695c/main port=55432
+Extracting base backup to create postgres instance: path=.neon/pgdatadirs/tenants/9ef87a5bf0d92544f6fafeeb3239695c/main port=55432
 Starting postgres node at 'host=127.0.0.1 port=55432 user=cloud_admin dbname=postgres'
 
 # check list of running postgres instances
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Created timeline 'b3b863fa45fa9e57e615f9f2d944e601' at Lsn 0/16F9A00 for tenant:
 # start postgres on that branch
 > ./target/debug/neon_local pg start migration_check --branch-name migration_check
 Starting new postgres migration_check on timeline b3b863fa45fa9e57e615f9f2d944e601 ...
-Extracting base backup to create postgres instance: path=.zenith/pgdatadirs/tenants/9ef87a5bf0d92544f6fafeeb3239695c/migration_check port=55433
+Extracting base backup to create postgres instance: path=.neon/pgdatadirs/tenants/9ef87a5bf0d92544f6fafeeb3239695c/migration_check port=55433
 Starting postgres node at 'host=127.0.0.1 port=55433 user=cloud_admin dbname=postgres'
 
 # check the new list of running postgres instances
diff --git a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
index 28541c2ece..08389d29ba 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ use utils::{
 use crate::safekeeper::SafekeeperNode;
 
 //
-// This data structures represents zenith CLI config
+// This data structures represents neon_local CLI config
 //
-// It is deserialized from the .zenith/config file, or the config file passed
+// It is deserialized from the .neon/config file, or the config file passed
 // to 'zenith init --config=<path>' option. See control_plane/simple.conf for
 // an example.
 //
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ pub struct LocalEnv {
     // compute nodes).
     //
     // This is not stored in the config file. Rather, this is the path where the
-    // config file itself is. It is read from the ZENITH_REPO_DIR env variable or
-    // '.zenith' if not given.
+    // config file itself is. It is read from the NEON_REPO_DIR env variable or
+    // '.neon' if not given.
     #[serde(skip)]
     pub base_data_dir: PathBuf,
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ impl LocalEnv {
     pub fn persist_config(&self, base_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         // Currently, the user first passes a config file with 'zenith init --config=<path>'
         // We read that in, in `create_config`, and fill any missing defaults. Then it's saved
-        // to .zenith/config. TODO: We lose any formatting and comments along the way, which is
+        // to .neon/config. TODO: We lose any formatting and comments along the way, which is
         // a bit sad.
         let mut conf_content = r#"# This file describes a locale deployment of the page server
 # and safekeeeper node. It is read by the 'zenith' command-line
@@ -483,9 +483,9 @@ impl LocalEnv {
 }
 
 fn base_path() -> PathBuf {
-    match std::env::var_os("ZENITH_REPO_DIR") {
+    match std::env::var_os("NEON_REPO_DIR") {
         Some(val) => PathBuf::from(val),
-        None => PathBuf::from(".zenith"),
+        None => PathBuf::from(".neon"),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/settings.md b/docs/settings.md
index 4d828f22bc..f2aaab75a8 100644
--- a/docs/settings.md
+++ b/docs/settings.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The default distrib dir is `./tmp_install/`.
 #### workdir (-D)
 
 A directory in the file system, where pageserver will store its files.
-The default is `./.zenith/`.
+The default is `./.neon/`.
 
 This parameter has a special CLI alias (`-D`) and can not be overridden with regular `-c` way.
 
diff --git a/pageserver/README.md b/pageserver/README.md
index cf841d1e46..cb752881af 100644
--- a/pageserver/README.md
+++ b/pageserver/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Repository
 
 The repository stores all the page versions, or WAL records needed to
 reconstruct them. Each tenant has a separate Repository, which is
-stored in the .zenith/tenants/<tenantid> directory.
+stored in the .neon/tenants/<tenantid> directory.
 
 Repository is an abstract trait, defined in `repository.rs`. It is
 implemented by the LayeredRepository object in
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Each repository also has a WAL redo manager associated with it, see
 records, whenever we need to reconstruct a page version from WAL to
 satisfy a GetPage@LSN request, or to avoid accumulating too much WAL
 for a page. The WAL redo manager uses a Postgres process running in
-special zenith wal-redo mode to do the actual WAL redo, and
+special Neon wal-redo mode to do the actual WAL redo, and
 communicates with the process using a pipe.
 
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
index ac90500b97..1d407a29bc 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    let workdir = Path::new(arg_matches.value_of("workdir").unwrap_or(".zenith"));
+    let workdir = Path::new(arg_matches.value_of("workdir").unwrap_or(".neon"));
     let workdir = workdir
         .canonicalize()
         .with_context(|| format!("Error opening workdir '{}'", workdir.display()))?;
diff --git a/pageserver/src/layered_repository.rs b/pageserver/src/layered_repository.rs
index 7696f0d021..5c5b03268a 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/layered_repository.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/layered_repository.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! The functions here are responsible for locating the correct layer for the
 //! get/put call, tracing timeline branching history as needed.
 //!
-//! The files are stored in the .zenith/tenants/<tenantid>/timelines/<timelineid>
+//! The files are stored in the .neon/tenants/<tenantid>/timelines/<timelineid>
 //! directory. See layered_repository/README for how the files are managed.
 //! In addition to the layer files, there is a metadata file in the same
 //! directory that contains information about the timeline, in particular its
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ lazy_static! {
     .expect("failed to define a metric");
 }
 
-/// Parts of the `.zenith/tenants/<tenantid>/timelines/<timelineid>` directory prefix.
+/// Parts of the `.neon/tenants/<tenantid>/timelines/<timelineid>` directory prefix.
 pub const TIMELINES_SEGMENT_NAME: &str = "timelines";
 
 ///
diff --git a/pageserver/src/layered_repository/README.md b/pageserver/src/layered_repository/README.md
index 15040d21b2..bd5fa59257 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/layered_repository/README.md
+++ b/pageserver/src/layered_repository/README.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ The files are called "layer files". Each layer file covers a range of keys, and
 a range of LSNs (or a single LSN, in case of image layers). You can think of it
 as a rectangle in the two-dimensional key-LSN space. The layer files for each
 timeline are stored in the timeline's subdirectory under
-`.zenith/tenants/<tenantid>/timelines`.
+`.neon/tenants/<tenantid>/timelines`.
 
 There are two kind of layer files: images, and delta layers. An image file
 contains a snapshot of all keys at a particular LSN, whereas a delta file
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ version, and how branching and GC works is still valid.
 The full path of a delta file looks like this:
 
 ```
-    .zenith/tenants/941ddc8604413b88b3d208bddf90396c/timelines/4af489b06af8eed9e27a841775616962/rel_1663_13990_2609_0_10_000000000169C348_0000000001702000
+    .neon/tenants/941ddc8604413b88b3d208bddf90396c/timelines/4af489b06af8eed9e27a841775616962/rel_1663_13990_2609_0_10_000000000169C348_0000000001702000
 ```
 
 For simplicity, the examples below use a simplified notation for the
diff --git a/pageserver/src/repository.rs b/pageserver/src/repository.rs
index f687f24c6e..756c3b8191 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/repository.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/repository.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl Display for TimelineSyncStatusUpdate {
 }
 
 ///
-/// A repository corresponds to one .zenith directory. One repository holds multiple
+/// A repository corresponds to one .neon directory. One repository holds multiple
 /// timelines, forked off from the same initial call to 'initdb'.
 pub trait Repository: Send + Sync {
     type Timeline: Timeline;
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index b8fb7fb82d..4c0715bac3 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ class NeonCli:
         log.info(f'Running in "{self.env.repo_dir}"')
 
         env_vars = os.environ.copy()
-        env_vars['ZENITH_REPO_DIR'] = str(self.env.repo_dir)
+        env_vars['NEON_REPO_DIR'] = str(self.env.repo_dir)
         env_vars['POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR'] = str(pg_distrib_dir)
         if self.env.rust_log_override is not None:
             env_vars['RUST_LOG'] = self.env.rust_log_override