diff --git a/docs/language-server/protocol-language-server.md b/docs/language-server/protocol-language-server.md
index 9cf93ac8b7..50d75d91ee 100644
--- a/docs/language-server/protocol-language-server.md
+++ b/docs/language-server/protocol-language-server.md
@@ -4824,7 +4824,7 @@ Signals that the requested file read was out of bounds for the file's size.
 "error" : {
   "code" : 1009
   "message" : "Read is out of bounds for the file"
-  "data" : {
+  "payload" : {
     "fileLength" : 0
   }
 }
@@ -4927,7 +4927,7 @@ cannot be evaluated. The error contains an optional `data` field of type
 "error" : {
   "code" : 2007,
   "message" : "Evaluation of the visualisation expression failed [i is not defined]"
-  "data" : {
+  "payload" : {
     "kind" : "Error",
     "message" : "i is not defined",
     "path" : null,
diff --git a/docs/language-server/protocol-project-manager.md b/docs/language-server/protocol-project-manager.md
index 80a4cd2b70..8a9ec7c91f 100644
--- a/docs/language-server/protocol-project-manager.md
+++ b/docs/language-server/protocol-project-manager.md
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ version that is required to complete the related action.
 "error" : {
   "code" : 4022,
   "message" : "Project manager 1.2.3 is required to install the requested engine. Please upgrade.",
-  "data": {
+  "payload": {
     "minimumRequiredVersion": "1.2.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/engine/language-server/src/test/scala/org/enso/languageserver/websocket/json/VisualisationOperationsTest.scala b/engine/language-server/src/test/scala/org/enso/languageserver/websocket/json/VisualisationOperationsTest.scala
index 4caeba1fbb..c19db5be36 100644
--- a/engine/language-server/src/test/scala/org/enso/languageserver/websocket/json/VisualisationOperationsTest.scala
+++ b/engine/language-server/src/test/scala/org/enso/languageserver/websocket/json/VisualisationOperationsTest.scala
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class VisualisationOperationsTest extends BaseServerTest {
             "error" : {
               "code" : 2007,
               "message" : $errorMessage,
-              "data": {
+              "payload": {
                 "kind" : "Error",
                 "message" : $expressionFailureMessage,
                 "path" : null,
diff --git a/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/JsonProtocol.scala b/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/JsonProtocol.scala
index d0a7d0e4d6..728d7cb7a1 100644
--- a/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ object JsonProtocol {
   case class ResponseError(id: Option[Id], error: ErrorData) extends JsonMessage
 
   /** The error response details. */
-  case class ErrorData(code: Int, message: String, data: Option[Json])
+  case class ErrorData(code: Int, message: String, payload: Option[Json])
 
   object Constants {
     val jsonrpc: String              = "jsonrpc"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ object JsonProtocol {
     val error: String                = "error"
     val code: String                 = "code"
     val message: String              = "message"
-    val data: String                 = "data"
+    val payload: String              = "payload"
   }
 
   implicit val notificationEncoder: Encoder[Notification] =
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ object JsonProtocol {
         Constants.code    -> errorData.code.asJson,
         Constants.message -> errorData.message.asJson
       )
-      val result = errorData.data match {
+      val result = errorData.payload match {
         case Some(additionalPayload) =>
-          base.+:(Constants.data -> additionalPayload)
+          base.+:(Constants.payload -> additionalPayload)
         case None =>
           base
       }
diff --git a/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/MessageHandler.scala b/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/MessageHandler.scala
index 701b0ab13e..34336b63a3 100644
--- a/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/MessageHandler.scala
+++ b/lib/scala/json-rpc-server/src/main/scala/org/enso/jsonrpc/MessageHandler.scala
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ class MessageHandler(val protocol: Protocol, val controller: ActorRef)
           .resolveError(bareError.code)
           .getOrElse(
             Errors
-              .UnknownError(bareError.code, bareError.message, bareError.data)
+              .UnknownError(
+                bareError.code,
+                bareError.message,
+                bareError.payload
+              )
           )
         controller ! ResponseError(mayId, error)
         mayId.foreach(id =>
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ class MessageHandler(val protocol: Protocol, val controller: ActorRef)
 
   private def makeError(id: Option[Id], error: Error): String = {
     val bareError =
-      JsonProtocol.ErrorData(error.code, error.message, data = error.payload)
+      JsonProtocol.ErrorData(error.code, error.message, error.payload)
     val bareErrorResponse = JsonProtocol.ResponseError(id, bareError)
     JsonProtocol.encode(bareErrorResponse)
   }
diff --git a/lib/scala/project-manager/src/test/scala/org/enso/projectmanager/protocol/ProjectCreateDefaultToLatestSpec.scala b/lib/scala/project-manager/src/test/scala/org/enso/projectmanager/protocol/ProjectCreateDefaultToLatestSpec.scala
index 945a8f343b..0a99232928 100644
--- a/lib/scala/project-manager/src/test/scala/org/enso/projectmanager/protocol/ProjectCreateDefaultToLatestSpec.scala
+++ b/lib/scala/project-manager/src/test/scala/org/enso/projectmanager/protocol/ProjectCreateDefaultToLatestSpec.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ProjectCreateDefaultToLatestSpec
             "error": {
               "code": 4022,
               "message": $message,
-              "data" : {
+              "payload" : {
                 "minimumRequiredVersion" : "9999.0.0"
               }
             }