diff --git a/src/litmodels/io/cloud.py b/src/litmodels/io/cloud.py
index bae2e04..235057e 100644
--- a/src/litmodels/io/cloud.py
+++ b/src/litmodels/io/cloud.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from lightning_sdk.lightning_cloud.env import LIGHTNING_CLOUD_URL
-from lightning_sdk.models import download_model, upload_model
+from lightning_sdk.models import download_model as sdk_download_model
+from lightning_sdk.models import upload_model as sdk_upload_model
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from lightning_sdk.models import UploadedModelInfo
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ def upload_model_files(
         verbose: Whether to print a link to the uploaded model. If set to 0, no link will be printed.
 
     """
-    info = upload_model(
+    info = sdk_upload_model(
         name=name,
         path=path,
         progress_bar=progress_bar,
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ def download_model_files(
     Returns:
         The absolute path to the downloaded model file or folder.
     """
-    return download_model(
+    return sdk_download_model(
         name=name,
         download_dir=download_dir,
         progress_bar=progress_bar,
diff --git a/tests/test_io_cloud.py b/tests/test_io_cloud.py
index 9ff8740..457226d 100644
--- a/tests/test_io_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/test_io_cloud.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_wrong_model_name(name):
         (Module(), f"%s{os.path.sep}Module.pth", True),
     ],
 )
-@mock.patch("litmodels.io.cloud.upload_model")
+@mock.patch("litmodels.io.cloud.sdk_upload_model")
 def test_upload_model(mock_upload_model, tmpdir, model, model_path, verbose):
     mock_upload_model.return_value.name = "org-name/teamspace/model-name"
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_upload_model(mock_upload_model, tmpdir, model, model_path, verbose):
     )
 
 
-@mock.patch("litmodels.io.cloud.download_model")
+@mock.patch("litmodels.io.cloud.sdk_download_model")
 def test_download_model(mock_download_model):
     # The lit-logger function is just a wrapper around the SDK function
     download_model(