diff --git a/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_dists.py b/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_dists.py
index bf1159f4959d4dba831101d614e31919beb1a176..f85df3f506ae9ebc35b57a538785aafebd3d3097 100644
--- a/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_dists.py
+++ b/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_dists.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def mx_register_dynamic_suite_constituents(register_project, register_distributi
 
 mx_sdk.register_graalvm_component(mx_sdk.GraalVmLanguage(
     name='FastR',
-    identifier='R',
+    short_name='R',
     documentation_files=['extracted-dependency:fastr:FASTR_GRAALVM_SUPPORT/README_FASTR'],
     license_files=[
         'link:<support>/COPYRIGHT_FASTR',