diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce0a17740..3595d40a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Upcoming
 
+### Features
+* The `OpenEphysRecordingInterface` is now a wrapper for `OpenEphysBinaryRecordingInterface`. [PR #294](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/294)
 
 
 # v0.2.4
diff --git a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/__init__.py b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/__init__.py
index 5d4a8f0f0..cafd6153d 100644
--- a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/__init__.py
+++ b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/__init__.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
     BlackrockRecordingInterface,
     BlackrockSortingInterface,
 )
-from .ecephys.openephys.openephysdatainterface import (
-    OpenEphysRecordingInterface,
+from .ecephys.openephys.openephysbinarydatainterface import (
+    OpenEphysRecordingInterface,  # temporary import until transitioning to the renamed interface
     OpenEphysSortingInterface,
 )
 from .ecephys.axona.axonadatainterface import (
diff --git a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ecephys/openephys/openephysdatainterface.py b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ecephys/openephys/openephysbinarydatainterface.py
similarity index 89%
rename from src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ecephys/openephys/openephysdatainterface.py
rename to src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ecephys/openephys/openephysbinarydatainterface.py
index 91991f185..d6f348e09 100644
--- a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ecephys/openephys/openephysdatainterface.py
+++ b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/ecephys/openephys/openephysbinarydatainterface.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 from ....utils import get_schema_from_method_signature, FolderPathType
 
 
-class OpenEphysRecordingInterface(BaseRecordingExtractorInterface):
-    """Primary data interface for converting OpenEphys data. Uses
+class OpenEphysBinaryRecordingInterface(BaseRecordingExtractorInterface):
+    """Primary data interface for converting binary OpenEphys data (.dat files). Uses
     :py:class:`~spikeinterface.extractors.OpenEphysBinaryRecordingExtractor`."""
 
     ExtractorName = "OpenEphysBinaryRecordingExtractor"
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ def get_source_schema(cls):
         source_schema = get_schema_from_method_signature(
             class_method=cls.__init__, exclude=["recording_id", "experiment_id", "stub_test"]
         )
-        source_schema["properties"]["folder_path"]["description"] = "Path to directory containing OpenEphys files."
+        source_schema["properties"]["folder_path"][
+            "description"
+        ] = "Path to directory containing OpenEphys binary files."
         return source_schema
 
     def __init__(
@@ -88,6 +90,11 @@ def get_metadata(self):
         return metadata
 
 
+# Temporary solution for safely transitioning to the renamed interface
+class OpenEphysRecordingInterface(OpenEphysBinaryRecordingInterface):
+    ExtractorName = "OpenEphysBinaryRecordingExtractor"
+
+
 class OpenEphysSortingInterface(BaseSortingExtractorInterface):
     """Primary data interface class for converting OpenEphys spiking data."""