diff --git a/core/docs/Changelog.md b/core/docs/Changelog.md
index af2cbaffa..b27cb5e8f 100644
--- a/core/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/core/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
   exported from higher level internal modules. If you were importing any
   of the missing modules then import the higher level modules now.
 * Internal module changes:
-  * Streamly.Internal.Serialize.FromBytes -> Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Parser
-  * Streamly.Internal.Serialize.ToBytes ->   Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Stream
+  * Streamly.Internal.Serialize.FromBytes -> Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Parser
+  * Streamly.Internal.Serialize.ToBytes ->   Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Stream
   * Streamly.Internal.Data.Unbox is now exported via Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize
   * Streamly.Internal.Data.IORef.Unboxed is now exported via Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize
 
diff --git a/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Serialize/Parser.hs b/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Binary/Parser.hs
similarity index 99%
rename from core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Serialize/Parser.hs
rename to core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Binary/Parser.hs
index 8fe32497f..1690ef87f 100644
--- a/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Serialize/Parser.hs
+++ b/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Binary/Parser.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- |
--- Module      : Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Parser
+-- Module      : Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Parser
 -- Copyright   : (c) 2020 Composewell Technologies
 -- License     : BSD-3-Clause
 -- Maintainer  : streamly@composewell.com
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 -- representing Haskell data types is to write them to arrays and deserialize
 -- the array using the Serialize type class.
 
-module Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Parser
+module Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Parser
     (
     -- * Type class
       FromBytes (..)
diff --git a/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Serialize/Stream.hs b/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Binary/Stream.hs
similarity index 99%
rename from core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Serialize/Stream.hs
rename to core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Binary/Stream.hs
index 1d65877e6..3166408fd 100644
--- a/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Serialize/Stream.hs
+++ b/core/src/Streamly/Internal/Data/Binary/Stream.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- |
--- Module      : Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Stream
+-- Module      : Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Stream
 -- Copyright   : (c) 2022 Composewell Technologies
 -- License     : BSD-3-Clause
 -- Maintainer  : streamly@composewell.com
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 -- XXX remove unit, bool, ordering, and the type class as well
 
-module Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Stream
+module Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Stream
     (
     -- * Type class
       ToBytes (..)
diff --git a/core/streamly-core.cabal b/core/streamly-core.cabal
index 499fbc015..d848678b5 100644
--- a/core/streamly-core.cabal
+++ b/core/streamly-core.cabal
@@ -293,8 +293,10 @@ library
 
                      -- streamly-core-array-types
                      , Streamly.Internal.Data.MutByteArray
-                     , Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Parser
-                     , Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Stream
+
+                     -- streaming and parsing Haskell types to/from bytes
+                     , Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Parser
+                     , Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Stream
 
                      -- May depend on streamly-core-stream
                      , Streamly.Internal.Data.MutArray
diff --git a/test/Streamly/Test/Serialize/Serializable.hs b/test/Streamly/Test/Serialize/Serializable.hs
index 2eb7aa710..0e8bb51a4 100644
--- a/test/Streamly/Test/Serialize/Serializable.hs
+++ b/test/Streamly/Test/Serialize/Serializable.hs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import Test.QuickCheck
     )
 import Test.QuickCheck.Monadic (monadicIO)
 
-import qualified Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Parser as Decoder
-import qualified Streamly.Internal.Data.Serialize.Stream as Encoder
+import qualified Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Parser as Decoder
+import qualified Streamly.Internal.Data.Binary.Stream as Encoder
 import qualified Streamly.Data.Stream as Stream
 import Streamly.Internal.Data.Parser (Parser)