diff --git a/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts b/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts
index 1931f0bcc32c..2adfe2e0e2b5 100644
--- a/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts
+++ b/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ async function webpack(
 
 export const createStoriesMdxIndexer = (legacyMdx1?: boolean): Indexer => ({
   test: /(stories|story)\.mdx$/,
-  index: async (fileName, opts) => {
+  createIndex: async (fileName, opts) => {
     let code = (await fs.readFile(fileName, 'utf-8')).toString();
     const { compile } = legacyMdx1
       ? await import('@storybook/mdx1-csf')
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/presets/common-preset.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/presets/common-preset.ts
index 9d581c307c73..347713e03aaf 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/presets/common-preset.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/presets/common-preset.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export const features = async (
 
 export const csfIndexer: Indexer = {
   test: /(stories|story)\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-  index: async (fileName, options) => (await readCsf(fileName, options)).parse().indexInputs,
+  createIndex: async (fileName, options) => (await readCsf(fileName, options)).parse().indexInputs,
 };
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.deprecated.test.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.deprecated.test.ts
index 882c0a9f5235..60d700bad62e 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.deprecated.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.deprecated.test.ts
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ describe('StoryIndexGenerator with deprecated indexer API', () => {
           indexers: [
             {
               test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-              index: async (fileName, options) => {
+              createIndex: async (fileName, options) => {
                 const code = (await fs.readFile(fileName, 'utf-8')).toString();
                 const csf = loadCsf(code, { ...options, fileName }).parse();
 
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts
index d2a195a31463..7b03427729d2 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export class StoryIndexGenerator {
       });
     }
 
-    const indexInputs = await indexer.index(absolutePath, { makeTitle: defaultMakeTitle });
+    const indexInputs = await indexer.createIndex(absolutePath, { makeTitle: defaultMakeTitle });
 
     const entries: ((StoryIndexEntryWithMetaId | DocsCacheEntry) & { tags: Tag[] })[] =
       indexInputs.map((input) => {
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/__tests__/index-extraction.test.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/__tests__/index-extraction.test.ts
index 31d15a059b5d..39820b3e2c17 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/__tests__/index-extraction.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/__tests__/index-extraction.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             // properties identical to the auto-generated ones, eg. 'StoryOne' -> 'Story One'
             {
               type: 'story',
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe('story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               importPath: fileName,
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               __id: 'a--story-one',
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               __id: 'a--story-one',
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ describe('story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             // exportName + title -> id
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ describe('story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               tags: ['story-tag-from-indexer'],
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ describe('docs entries from story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               __id: 'a--story-one',
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ describe('docs entries from story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               __id: 'a--story-one',
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ describe('docs entries from story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               __id: 'a--story-one',
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ describe('docs entries from story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.(m?js|ts)x?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: 'StoryOne',
               __id: 'a--story-one',
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ describe('docs entries from story extraction', () => {
       indexers: [
         {
           test: /\.stories\.mdx?$/,
-          index: async (fileName) => [
+          createIndex: async (fileName) => [
             {
               exportName: '__page',
               __id: 'page--page',
diff --git a/code/lib/types/src/modules/indexer.ts b/code/lib/types/src/modules/indexer.ts
index ccd1ddaef206..8ee01b07e83f 100644
--- a/code/lib/types/src/modules/indexer.ts
+++ b/code/lib/types/src/modules/indexer.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export type Indexer = BaseIndexer & {
    * @param options {@link IndexerOptions} for indexing the file.
    * @returns A promise that resolves to an array of {@link IndexInput} objects.
    */
-  index: (fileName: string, options: IndexerOptions) => Promise<IndexInput[]>;
+  createIndex: (fileName: string, options: IndexerOptions) => Promise<IndexInput[]>;
   /**
    * @soonDeprecated Use {@link index} instead
    */
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export type Indexer = BaseIndexer & {
 
 export type DeprecatedIndexer = BaseIndexer & {
   indexer: (fileName: string, options: IndexerOptions) => Promise<IndexedCSFFile>;
-  index?: never;
+  createIndex?: never;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/code/renderers/server/src/preset.ts b/code/renderers/server/src/preset.ts
index 23effa83e67f..63cc1aca491a 100644
--- a/code/renderers/server/src/preset.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/server/src/preset.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const experimental_indexers: StorybookConfig['experimental_indexers'] = (
 ) => [
   {
     test: /(stories|story)\.(json|ya?ml)$/,
-    index: async (fileName) => {
+    createIndex: async (fileName) => {
       const content: FileContent = fileName.endsWith('.json')
         ? await fs.readJson(fileName, 'utf-8')
         : yaml.parse((await fs.readFile(fileName, 'utf-8')).toString());