diff --git a/workhorse/cmd/gitlab-workhorse/channel_test.go b/workhorse/cmd/gitlab-workhorse/channel_test.go
index 6e8ad945fd2dc4430a5c267ec79a4aa38e941e43..11b414cc526c0d06a6ff61d4e8bb267751977f0b 100644
--- a/workhorse/cmd/gitlab-workhorse/channel_test.go
+++ b/workhorse/cmd/gitlab-workhorse/channel_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func webSocketHandler(upgrader *websocket.Upgrader, connCh chan connWithReq) htt
 func channelOkBody(remote *httptest.Server, header http.Header, subprotocols ...string) *api.Response {
 	out := &api.Response{
 		Channel: &api.ChannelSettings{
-			WsURL:          websocketURL(remote.URL),
+			Url:            websocketURL(remote.URL),
 			Header:         header,
 			Subprotocols:   subprotocols,
 			MaxSessionTime: 0,
diff --git a/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings.go b/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings.go
index 6e8d2f13b07129e65b587206f6e5030060f3be17..779d2ad7e691ff032a40ee5bb9571108dd9e64bc 100644
--- a/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings.go
+++ b/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type ChannelSettings struct {
 	Subprotocols []string
 
 	// The websocket URL to connect to.
-	WsURL string
+	Url string //nolint:revive,stylecheck // when JSON decoding, the value is provided via 'url'
 
 	// Any headers (e.g., Authorization) to send with the websocket request
 	Header http.Header
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type ChannelSettings struct {
 
 // URL parses the websocket URL in the ChannelSettings and returns a *url.URL.
 func (t *ChannelSettings) URL() (*url.URL, error) {
-	return url.Parse(t.WsURL)
+	return url.Parse(t.Url)
 }
 
 // Dialer returns a websocket Dialer configured with the settings from ChannelSettings.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (t *ChannelSettings) Clone() *ChannelSettings {
 // Dial establishes a websocket connection using the settings from ChannelSettings.
 // It returns a websocket connection, an HTTP response, and an error if any.
 func (t *ChannelSettings) Dial() (*websocket.Conn, *http.Response, error) {
-	return t.Dialer().Dial(t.WsURL, t.Header)
+	return t.Dialer().Dial(t.Url, t.Header)
 }
 
 // Validate checks if the ChannelSettings instance is valid.
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (t *ChannelSettings) IsEqual(other *ChannelSettings) bool {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return t.WsURL == other.WsURL &&
+	return t.Url == other.Url &&
 		t.CAPem == other.CAPem &&
 		t.MaxSessionTime == other.MaxSessionTime
 }
diff --git a/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings_test.go b/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings_test.go
index d33d78222d24eb073acf6bcfde2fe158182b058c..1735a8b6e3d778c79f3e07bc6b05607795859f2c 100644
--- a/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings_test.go
+++ b/workhorse/internal/api/channel_settings_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 func channel(url string, subprotocols ...string) *ChannelSettings {
 	return &ChannelSettings{
-		WsURL:          url,
+		Url:            url,
 		Subprotocols:   subprotocols,
 		MaxSessionTime: 0,
 	}
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestIsEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		{chann, chann, true},
 		{chann.Clone(), chann.Clone(), true},
 		{chann, channel("foo:"), false},
-		{chann, channel(chann.WsURL), false},
+		{chann, channel(chann.Url), false},
 		{header(chann), header(chann), true},
 		{channHeader2, channHeader2, true},
 		{channHeader3, channHeader3, true},
diff --git a/workhorse/internal/channel/auth_checker_test.go b/workhorse/internal/channel/auth_checker_test.go
index 36a45b07c1e2c0f847a32283c4c7aa820aa3a049..b522cf5da1fff3b90c59e7812e084fe1e3bed92d 100644
--- a/workhorse/internal/channel/auth_checker_test.go
+++ b/workhorse/internal/channel/auth_checker_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func checkerSeries(values ...*api.ChannelSettings) AuthCheckerFunc {
 }
 
 func TestAuthCheckerStopsWhenAuthFails(t *testing.T) {
-	template := &api.ChannelSettings{WsURL: "ws://example.com"}
+	template := &api.ChannelSettings{Url: "ws://example.com"}
 	stopCh := make(chan error)
 	series := checkerSeries(template, template, template)
 	ac := NewAuthChecker(series, template, stopCh)
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ func TestAuthCheckerStopsWhenAuthFails(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAuthCheckerStopsWhenAuthChanges(t *testing.T) {
-	template := &api.ChannelSettings{WsURL: "ws://example.com"}
+	template := &api.ChannelSettings{Url: "ws://example.com"}
 	changed := template.Clone()
-	changed.WsURL = "wss://example.com"
+	changed.Url = "wss://example.com"
 	stopCh := make(chan error)
 	series := checkerSeries(template, changed, template)
 	ac := NewAuthChecker(series, template, stopCh)