diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 592bec4..12fcf76 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// #        .source("https://www.eventsourcingdb.io".to_string())
     /// #        .data(json!({"value": 1}))
     /// #        .subject("/test".to_string())
-    /// #        .r#type("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
+    /// #        .ty("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
     /// #        .build()
     /// #   ],
     /// #   vec![]
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ impl Client {
     ///        .source("https://www.eventsourcingdb.io".to_string())
     ///        .data(json!({"value": 1}))
     ///        .subject("/test".to_string())
-    ///        .r#type("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
+    ///        .ty("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
     ///        .build()
     /// ];
     /// let written_events = client.write_events(candidates, vec![]).await.expect("Failed to write events");
diff --git a/src/client/request_options.rs b/src/client/request_options.rs
index c9aecae..ff626b4 100644
--- a/src/client/request_options.rs
+++ b/src/client/request_options.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub enum BoundType {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct Bound<'a> {
     /// The type of the bound
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
     pub bound_type: BoundType,
     /// The value of the bound
     pub id: &'a str,
diff --git a/src/event/event_types/event.rs b/src/event/event_types/event.rs
index 72cf3d4..1524d33 100644
--- a/src/event/event_types/event.rs
+++ b/src/event/event_types/event.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ pub struct Event {
     time: DateTime<Utc>,
     #[serde(flatten)]
     traceinfo: Option<TraceInfo>,
-    r#type: String,
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
+    ty: String,
 }
 
 impl Event {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ impl Event {
     /// Get the type of an event.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn ty(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.r#type
+        &self.ty
     }
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ impl From<Event> for EventCandidate {
             data: event.data,
             source: event.source,
             subject: event.subject,
-            r#type: event.r#type,
+            ty: event.ty,
             traceinfo: event.traceinfo,
         }
     }
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ impl From<Event> for cloudevents::Event {
         let mut builder = cloudevents::EventBuilderV10::new()
             .source(event.source)
             .subject(event.subject)
-            .ty(event.r#type)
+            .ty(event.ty)
             .id(event.id)
             .time(event.time.to_string())
             .data(event.datacontenttype, event.data);
diff --git a/src/event/event_types/event_candidate.rs b/src/event/event_types/event_candidate.rs
index 27e209d..7d6fb47 100644
--- a/src/event/event_types/event_candidate.rs
+++ b/src/event/event_types/event_candidate.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ pub struct EventCandidate {
     /// The type of the event.
     /// This has to be a reverse domain name.
     #[builder(setter(into))]
-    pub r#type: String,
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
+    pub ty: String,
     /// The traceparent of the event.
     /// This is used for distributed tracing.
     #[builder(default, setter(strip_option))]
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ impl TryFrom<cloudevents::Event> for EventCandidate {
             data,
             source: event.source().to_string(),
             subject,
-            r#type: event.ty().to_string(),
+            ty: event.ty().to_string(),
             traceinfo,
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/event/event_types/management_event.rs b/src/event/event_types/management_event.rs
index db9e85c..592dd12 100644
--- a/src/event/event_types/management_event.rs
+++ b/src/event/event_types/management_event.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ pub struct ManagementEvent {
     specversion: String,
     subject: String,
     time: DateTime<Utc>,
-    r#type: String,
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
+    ty: String,
 }
 
 impl ManagementEvent {
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ impl ManagementEvent {
     /// This method is called `ty` to avoid conflicts with the `type` keyword in Rust.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn ty(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.r#type
+        &self.ty
     }
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ impl From<ManagementEvent> for cloudevents::Event {
         cloudevents::EventBuilderV10::new()
             .source(event.source)
             .subject(event.subject)
-            .ty(event.r#type)
+            .ty(event.ty)
             .id(event.id)
             .time(event.time.to_string())
             .data(event.datacontenttype, event.data)
diff --git a/tests/utils/mod.rs b/tests/utils/mod.rs
index 8b97d20..2a1a7f0 100644
--- a/tests/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/utils/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub fn create_test_eventcandidate(
         .source("https://www.eventsourcingdb.io".to_string())
         .data(data.into())
         .subject(subject.to_string())
-        .r#type("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
+        .ty("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
         .build()
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn assert_event_match_eventcandidate(
         &event_candidate.subject,
         "Subject mismatch"
     );
-    assert_eq!(event.ty(), &event_candidate.r#type, "Type mismatch");
+    assert_eq!(event.ty(), &event_candidate.ty, "Type mismatch");
     assert_eq!(
         event.traceinfo(),
         event_candidate.traceinfo.as_ref(),
diff --git a/tests/write_events.rs b/tests/write_events.rs
index ff38cf4..af61568 100644
--- a/tests/write_events.rs
+++ b/tests/write_events.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ async fn write_single_event_with_traceparent() {
         .source("https://www.eventsourcingdb.io".to_string())
         .data(json!({"value": 1}))
         .subject("/test".to_string())
-        .r#type("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
+        .ty("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
         .traceinfo(TraceInfo::Traceparent {
             traceparent: "00-01234567012345670123456701234567-0123456701234567-00".to_string(),
         })
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ async fn write_single_event_with_traceparent_and_state() {
         .source("https://www.eventsourcingdb.io".to_string())
         .data(json!({"value": 1}))
         .subject("/test".to_string())
-        .r#type("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
+        .ty("io.eventsourcingdb.test".to_string())
         .traceinfo(TraceInfo::WithState {
             traceparent: "00-01234567012345670123456701234567-0123456701234567-00".to_string(),
             tracestate: "state=12345".to_string(),