diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66259e5..392c223 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## [unreleased]
 ### Added 
 - An endpoint `/apitest-status` that returns a response containing a link to the eventual json file with the submissions data errors
+### Changed
+- Renamed `/validate` endpoint to `/apitest`
 
 ## [2.5.2]
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ddf7ed5..22de14f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ Transforms csv submission files (Variant.csv and CaseData.csv) into a json submi
 
 Proxy endpoint to the ClinVar submissions API (dry-run): https://submit.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/api/v1/submissions/?dry-run=true. Requires a valid API key and a json file containing a submission object. If the request is valid (and the json submission object is validated) returns a response with code 200 and json body with the message value "success".
 
-### validate
+### apitest
 
-Proxy endpoint to the ClinVar validate API endpoint: "https://submit.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/apitest/v1/submissions". Requires a valid API key and a json file containing a submission object. If the json submission document is valid returns a submission ID which can be used for a real submission. If the json submission document is not validated, the endpoint returns a list of errors which will help fixing the document.
+Proxy endpoint to the validation API endpoint: (apitest) "https://submit.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/apitest/v1/submissions". Requires a valid API key and a json file containing a submission object. If the json submission document is valid returns a submission ID which can be used for a real submission. If the json submission document is not validated, the endpoint returns a list of errors which will help fixing the document.
 
 ## Running the application using Docker-compose
 An example containing a demo setup for the app is included in the docker-compose file. Start the docker-compose demo using this command:
diff --git a/preClinVar/main.py b/preClinVar/main.py
index c37259f..6324990 100644
--- a/preClinVar/main.py
+++ b/preClinVar/main.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ async def apitest_status(api_key: str = Form(), submission_id: str = Form()) ->
     )
 
 
-@app.post("/validate")
-async def validate(api_key: str = Form(), json_file: UploadFile = File(...)):
+@app.post("/apitest")
+async def apitest(api_key: str = Form(), json_file: UploadFile = File(...)):
     """A proxy to the apitest ClinVar API endpoint"""
     # Create a submission header
     header = build_header(api_key)
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 0e4abe6..acb37e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ def test_dry_run():
 
 
 @responses.activate
-def test_validate_wrong_api_key():
-    """Test the validate API proxy endpoint without a valid ClinVar API key"""
+def test_apitest_wrong_api_key():
+    """Test the apitest API proxy endpoint without a valid ClinVar API key"""
 
     # GIVEN a json submission file
     json_file = {"json_file": open(subm_json_path, "rb")}
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def test_validate_wrong_api_key():
         status=401,  # The ClinVar API returs code 201 when request is successful (created)
     )
 
-    response = client.post("/validate", data={"api_key": DEMO_API_KEY}, files=json_file)
+    response = client.post("/apitest", data={"api_key": DEMO_API_KEY}, files=json_file)
 
     # THEN the ClinVar API should return "unauthorized"
     assert response.status_code == 401  # Not authorized
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ def test_validate_wrong_api_key():
 
 
 @responses.activate
-def test_validate():
-    """Test the endpoint validate, a proxy to ClinVar apitest, with a mocked ClinVar API response."""
+def test_apitest():
+    """Tests the endpoint apitest, a proxy to ClinVar apitest, with a mocked ClinVar API response."""
 
     # GIVEN a json submission file
     json_file = {"json_file": open(subm_json_path, "rb")}
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def test_validate():
         status=201,  # The ClinVar API returs code 201 when request is successful (created)
     )
 
-    response = client.post("/validate", data={"api_key": DEMO_API_KEY}, files=json_file)
+    response = client.post("/apitest", data={"api_key": DEMO_API_KEY}, files=json_file)
 
     # THEN the ClinVar API proxy should return "success"
     assert response.status_code == 201  # Created