diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kinesis-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kinesis/source/KinesisSource.java b/data-prepper-plugins/kinesis-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kinesis/source/KinesisSource.java
index 220d19cac8..2138c9a629 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kinesis-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kinesis/source/KinesisSource.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kinesis-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kinesis/source/KinesisSource.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-@DataPrepperPlugin(name = "kinesis", pluginType = Source.class, pluginConfigurationType = KinesisSourceConfig.class)
+@DataPrepperPlugin(name = "kinesis", alternateNames = "kinesis-data-streams", pluginType = Source.class, pluginConfigurationType = KinesisSourceConfig.class)
 public class KinesisSource implements Source<Record<Event>> {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KinesisSource.class);
     private final KinesisSourceConfig kinesisSourceConfig;