diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/HashJni.cpp b/src/main/cpp/src/HashJni.cpp
index 398128483c..520b6f24c0 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/HashJni.cpp
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/HashJni.cpp
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 
-JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_com_nvidia_spark_rapids_jni_Hash_getMaxNestedDepth(JNIEnv* env, jclass)
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_com_nvidia_spark_rapids_jni_Hash_getMaxStackDepth(JNIEnv* env, jclass)
 {
-  return spark_rapids_jni::MAX_NESTED_DEPTH;
+  return spark_rapids_jni::MAX_STACK_DEPTH;
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_com_nvidia_spark_rapids_jni_Hash_murmurHash32(
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/hash.hpp b/src/main/cpp/src/hash.hpp
index 18157710ed..9ec7496031 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/hash.hpp
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/hash.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 namespace spark_rapids_jni {
 
 constexpr int64_t DEFAULT_XXHASH64_SEED = 42;
-constexpr int MAX_NESTED_DEPTH          = 8;
+constexpr int MAX_STACK_DEPTH           = 8;
 
 /**
  * @brief Computes the murmur32 hash value of each row in the input set of columns.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/Hash.java b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/Hash.java
index b28812fa6c..96b66555a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/Hash.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/Hash.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class Hash {
   // there doesn't appear to be a useful constant in spark to reference. this could break.
   static final long DEFAULT_XXHASH64_SEED = 42;
 
-  public static final int MAX_NESTED_DEPTH = getMaxNestedDepth();
+  public static final int MAX_STACK_DEPTH = getMaxStackDepth();
 
   static {
     NativeDepsLoader.loadNativeDeps();
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public static ColumnVector hiveHash(ColumnView columns[]) {
     return new ColumnVector(hiveHash(columnViews));
   }
 
-  private static native int getMaxNestedDepth();
+  private static native int getMaxStackDepth();
 
   private static native long murmurHash32(int seed, long[] viewHandles) throws CudfException;