diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
index 3cf65f1ba..25bae096d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/bruToJson.js
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ const grammar = ohm.grammar(`Bru {
   bodymultipart = "body:multipart-form" dictionary
 
   script = scriptreq | scriptres
-  scriptreq = "script:req" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
-  scriptres = "script:res" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
+  scriptreq = "script:pre-request" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
+  scriptres = "script:post-response" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
   tests = "tests" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
   docs = "docs" st* "{" nl* textblock tagend
 }`);
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js
index 9d56fa7e2..9b7ce146f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/jsonToBru.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ ${indentString(body.xml)}
   }
 
   if(script && script.req && script.req.length) {
-  bru += `script:req {
+  bru += `script:pre-request {
 ${indentString(script.req)}
 }
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ ${indentString(script.req)}
   }
 
   if(script && script.res && script.res.length) {
-  bru += `script:res {
+  bru += `script:post-response {
 ${indentString(script.res)}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru
index 544a9dafe..f2e4fc0e1 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/fixtures/request.bru
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ assert {
   ~$res.body.message: success
 }
 
-script:req {
+script:pre-request {
   const foo = 'bar';
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/script.spec.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/script.spec.js
index c68ddf2e4..3ef9da9a2 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/script.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/script.spec.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const parser = require("../src/bruToJson");
 describe("script parser", () => {
   it("should parse request script", () => {
     const input = `
-script:req {
+script:pre-request {
   $req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
 }
 `;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ script:req {
 
   it("should parse response script", () => {
     const input = `
-script:res {
+script:post-response {
   expect(response.status).to.equal(200);
 }
 `;