diff --git a/backend/src/federation/client/Client_1_0.ts b/backend/src/federation/client/Client_1_0.ts
index efbe497c8..9ce3b6b12 100644
--- a/backend/src/federation/client/Client_1_0.ts
+++ b/backend/src/federation/client/Client_1_0.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class Client_1_0 {
     })
   }
 
-  requestGetPublicKey = async (): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+  getPublicKey = async (): Promise<string | undefined> => {
     logger.info(`requestGetPublicKey with endpoint='${this.endpoint}'...`)
 
     const query = gql`
diff --git a/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts b/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
index dfd14bdac..14bf4dd3d 100644
--- a/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
+++ b/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function validateCommunities(): Promise<void> {
         `Federation: validate publicKey for dbCom: ${dbCom.id} with apiVersion=${dbCom.apiVersion}`,
       )
       try {
-        const pubKey = await Client.getInstance(dbCom)?.requestGetPublicKey()
+        const pubKey = await Client.getInstance(dbCom)?.getPublicKey()
         logger.info(
           'Federation: received publicKey from endpoint',
           pubKey,