diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
index ebc7509af6ea..df872ae6c637 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
 
             var hostOptions = new HostOptions
             {
-                IPCPort = !tournamentClient ? OsuGame.IPC_PORT : null,
+                IPCPipeName = !tournamentClient ? OsuGame.IPC_PIPE_NAME : null,
                 FriendlyGameName = OsuGameBase.GAME_NAME,
             };
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneInterProcessCommunication.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneInterProcessCommunication.cs
index 83430b5665c5..be9dc387f2be 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneInterProcessCommunication.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneInterProcessCommunication.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public override void SetUpSteps()
             });
             AddStep("create IPC sender channels", () =>
             {
-                ipcSenderHost = new HeadlessGameHost(gameHost.Name, new HostOptions { IPCPort = OsuGame.IPC_PORT });
+                ipcSenderHost = new HeadlessGameHost(gameHost.Name, new HostOptions { IPCPipeName = OsuGame.IPC_PIPE_NAME });
                 osuSchemeLinkIPCSender = new OsuSchemeLinkIPCChannel(ipcSenderHost);
                 archiveImportIPCSender = new ArchiveImportIPCChannel(ipcSenderHost);
             });
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
index 08960e3ebb22..279530a5797d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ public partial class OsuGame : OsuGameBase, IKeyBindingHandler<GlobalAction>, IL
     {
 #if DEBUG
         // Different port allows running release and debug builds alongside each other.
-        public const int IPC_PORT = 44824;
+        public const string IPC_PIPE_NAME = "osu-lazer-debug";
 #else
-        public const int IPC_PORT = 44823;
+        public const string IPC_PORT = "osu-lazer";
 #endif
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/CleanRunHeadlessGameHost.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/CleanRunHeadlessGameHost.cs
index 00e5b38b1ae4..df4a91c4e2f9 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/CleanRunHeadlessGameHost.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/CleanRunHeadlessGameHost.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public CleanRunHeadlessGameHost(bool bindIPC = false, bool realtime = true, bool
                                         [CallerMemberName] string callingMethodName = @"")
             : base($"{callingMethodName}-{Guid.NewGuid()}", new HostOptions
             {
-                IPCPort = bindIPC ? OsuGame.IPC_PORT : null,
+                IPCPipeName = bindIPC ? OsuGame.IPC_PIPE_NAME : null,
             }, bypassCleanup: bypassCleanupOnDispose, realtime: realtime)
         {
             this.bypassCleanupOnSetup = bypassCleanupOnSetup;