diff --git a/internal/trie/node/decode.go b/internal/trie/node/decode.go
index fc1f355062..c5d42c7948 100644
--- a/internal/trie/node/decode.go
+++ b/internal/trie/node/decode.go
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	// ErrDecodeValue is defined since no sentinel error is defined
+	// ErrDecodeStorageValue is defined since no sentinel error is defined
 	// in the scale package.
 	// TODO remove once the following issue is done:
 	// https://github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/issues/2631 .
-	ErrDecodeValue        = errors.New("cannot decode value")
+	ErrDecodeStorageValue = errors.New("cannot decode value")
 	ErrReadChildrenBitmap = errors.New("cannot read children bitmap")
 	// ErrDecodeChildHash is defined since no sentinel error is defined
 	// in the scale package.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func decodeBranch(reader io.Reader, variant byte, partialKeyLength uint16) (
 	if variant == branchWithValueVariant.bits {
 		err := sd.Decode(&node.StorageValue)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrDecodeValue, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrDecodeStorageValue, err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func decodeLeaf(reader io.Reader, partialKeyLength uint16) (node *Node, err erro
 	var value []byte
 	err = sd.Decode(&value)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrDecodeValue, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrDecodeStorageValue, err)
 	}
 
 	if len(value) > 0 {
diff --git a/internal/trie/node/decode_test.go b/internal/trie/node/decode_test.go
index 102e17253d..8c2c37e105 100644
--- a/internal/trie/node/decode_test.go
+++ b/internal/trie/node/decode_test.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func Test_decodeBranch(t *testing.T) {
 			),
 			variant:          branchWithValueVariant.bits,
 			partialKeyLength: 1,
-			errWrapped:       ErrDecodeValue,
+			errWrapped:       ErrDecodeStorageValue,
 			errMessage:       "cannot decode value: reading byte: EOF",
 		},
 		"success for branch with value": {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func Test_decodeLeaf(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 			variant:          leafVariant.bits,
 			partialKeyLength: 1,
-			errWrapped:       ErrDecodeValue,
+			errWrapped:       ErrDecodeStorageValue,
 			errMessage:       "cannot decode value: unknown prefix for compact uint: 255",
 		},
 		"missing value data": {