diff --git a/.github/workflows/run.yml b/.github/workflows/run.yml
index a6936dba..d91bc7fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run.yml
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           echo "$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Install more
-        run: ./bin/dfx-releases-more-install
+        run: ./bin/dfx-software-more-install
       - name: Install dfx
-        run: ./bin/dfx-releases-dfx-install
+        run: ./bin/dfx-software-dfx-install
       - name: Install quill
-        run: ./bin/dfx-releases-quill-install
+        run: ./bin/dfx-software-quill-install
       - name: Install idl2json
-        run: ./bin/dfx-releases-idl2json-install
+        run: ./bin/dfx-software-idl2json-install
       - name: Run the demo with the current default ic commits
         run: bin/demo-cli
 #  demo_latest:
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ jobs:
 #      - name: Checkout
 #        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 #      - name: Install dfx
-#        run: ./bin/dfx-releases-dfx-install
+#        run: ./bin/dfx-software-dfx-install
 #      - name: Install quill
-#        run: ./bin/dfx-releases-quill-install
+#        run: ./bin/dfx-software-quill-install
 #      - name: Checkout ic repo
 #        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 #        with:
diff --git a/bin/demo-cli b/bin/demo-cli
index 0ce910cd..1543b79e 100755
--- a/bin/demo-cli
+++ b/bin/demo-cli
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/.."
 demo-cleanup
 
 # If ic-commit is specified, get execuables from there:
-[[ "${IC_COMMIT:-}" != "latest" ]] || IC_COMMIT="$(dfx-releases ic latest)"
-[[ "${IC_COMMIT:-}" != "" ]] || IC_COMMIT="$(dfx-releases ic current)"
+[[ "${IC_COMMIT:-}" != "latest" ]] || IC_COMMIT="$(dfx-software ic latest)"
+[[ "${IC_COMMIT:-}" != "" ]] || IC_COMMIT="$(dfx-software ic current)"
 rm -fr "$DEMO_BIN"
-dfx-releases ic install-executable --commit "$IC_COMMIT" --bin "$DEMO_BIN" ic-admin sns
+dfx-software ic install-executable --commit "$IC_COMMIT" --bin "$DEMO_BIN" ic-admin sns
 echo "Using binaries from ic commit: $IC_COMMIT"
 
 ./bin/demo-system-subnet
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases b/bin/dfx-software
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases
rename to bin/dfx-software
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-dfx b/bin/dfx-software-dfx
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-dfx
rename to bin/dfx-software-dfx
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-dfx-install b/bin/dfx-software-dfx-install
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-dfx-install
rename to bin/dfx-software-dfx-install
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-ic b/bin/dfx-software-ic
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-ic
rename to bin/dfx-software-ic
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-ic-current b/bin/dfx-software-ic-current
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-ic-current
rename to bin/dfx-software-ic-current
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-ic-install-executable b/bin/dfx-software-ic-install-executable
similarity index 97%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-ic-install-executable
rename to bin/dfx-software-ic-install-executable
index 18a03d87..6f49f439 100755
--- a/bin/dfx-releases-ic-install-executable
+++ b/bin/dfx-software-ic-install-executable
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mkdir -p "$USER_BIN"
 
 [[ "${IC_COMMIT}" != "latest" ]] || {
   echo "Finding the latest commit..."
-  IC_COMMIT="$(dfx-releases ic latest)"
+  IC_COMMIT="$(dfx-software ic latest)"
 }
 
 echo "Installing $*"
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-ic-latest b/bin/dfx-software-ic-latest
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-ic-latest
rename to bin/dfx-software-ic-latest
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-idl2json b/bin/dfx-software-idl2json
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-idl2json
rename to bin/dfx-software-idl2json
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-idl2json-install b/bin/dfx-software-idl2json-install
similarity index 98%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-idl2json-install
rename to bin/dfx-software-idl2json-install
index 17756449..00eeb374 100755
--- a/bin/dfx-releases-idl2json-install
+++ b/bin/dfx-software-idl2json-install
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ optparse.define short=b long=bin desc="Local directory for executables" variable
 source "$(optparse.build)"
 set -euo pipefail
 
-[[ "${IDL2JSON_VERSION:-}" != "latest" ]] || IDL2JSON_VERSION="$(dfx-releases-idl2json-latest)"
+[[ "${IDL2JSON_VERSION:-}" != "latest" ]] || IDL2JSON_VERSION="$(dfx-software-idl2json-latest)"
 
 mkdir -p "$USER_BIN"
 
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-idl2json-latest b/bin/dfx-software-idl2json-latest
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-idl2json-latest
rename to bin/dfx-software-idl2json-latest
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-more b/bin/dfx-software-more
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-more
rename to bin/dfx-software-more
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-more-install b/bin/dfx-software-more-install
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-more-install
rename to bin/dfx-software-more-install
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-nns-dapp b/bin/dfx-software-nns-dapp
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-nns-dapp
rename to bin/dfx-software-nns-dapp
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-nns-dapp-latest b/bin/dfx-software-nns-dapp-latest
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-nns-dapp-latest
rename to bin/dfx-software-nns-dapp-latest
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-quill b/bin/dfx-software-quill
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-quill
rename to bin/dfx-software-quill
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-quill-install b/bin/dfx-software-quill-install
similarity index 94%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-quill-install
rename to bin/dfx-software-quill-install
index ae5b3779..86688fb7 100755
--- a/bin/dfx-releases-quill-install
+++ b/bin/dfx-software-quill-install
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ optparse.define short=b long=bin desc="Local directory for executables" variable
 source "$(optparse.build)"
 set -euo pipefail
 
-[[ "${QUILL_VERSION:-}" != "latest" ]] || QUILL_VERSION="$(dfx-releases-quill-latest)"
+[[ "${QUILL_VERSION:-}" != "latest" ]] || QUILL_VERSION="$(dfx-software-quill-latest)"
 QUILL_VERSION="${QUILL_VERSION#v}" # change v1.2.3 to 1.2.3 to match download URLs
 
 mkdir -p "$USER_BIN"
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-quill-latest b/bin/dfx-software-quill-latest
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-quill-latest
rename to bin/dfx-software-quill-latest
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-sns-quill b/bin/dfx-software-sns-quill
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-sns-quill
rename to bin/dfx-software-sns-quill
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-sns-quill-install b/bin/dfx-software-sns-quill-install
similarity index 94%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-sns-quill-install
rename to bin/dfx-software-sns-quill-install
index 91514daf..076e8271 100755
--- a/bin/dfx-releases-sns-quill-install
+++ b/bin/dfx-software-sns-quill-install
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ optparse.define short=b long=bin desc="Local directory for executables" variable
 source "$(optparse.build)"
 set -euo pipefail
 
-[[ "${QUILL_VERSION:-}" != "latest" ]] || QUILL_VERSION="$(dfx-releases-sns-quill-latest)"
+[[ "${QUILL_VERSION:-}" != "latest" ]] || QUILL_VERSION="$(dfx-software-sns-quill-latest)"
 
 mkdir -p "$USER_BIN"
 
diff --git a/bin/dfx-releases-sns-quill-latest b/bin/dfx-software-sns-quill-latest
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dfx-releases-sns-quill-latest
rename to bin/dfx-software-sns-quill-latest