diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e072e7a1d..403ff6ba6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ and this project aspires to adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/s
 - Added `near_plane` and `far_plane` to the camera details provided in Ascent::info()
 - Added `add_mpi_ranks` and `add_domain_ids` filters for adding rank and domain fields to a mesh
 
+### Changed
+- Changed the replay utility's binary names such that `replay_ser` is now `ascent_replay` and `raplay_mpi` is now `ascent_replay_mpi`. This will help prevent potential name collisions with other tools that also have replay utilities. 
+
 ### Fixed
 - Resolved a few cases where MPI_COMM_WORLD was used instead instead of the selected MPI communicator.
 - Resolved a bug where a sharing a coordset between multiple polytopal topologies would corrupt mesh processing.
diff --git a/src/docs/sphinx/Utilities.rst b/src/docs/sphinx/Utilities.rst
index d02b86d97..459283747 100644
--- a/src/docs/sphinx/Utilities.rst
+++ b/src/docs/sphinx/Utilities.rst
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ How Do I Use It?
 Replay executables are created in the ``utilities/replay`` directory of the installation or build.
 There are two versions of replay:
 
-* ``replay_ser``: a serial (non-MPI) version
-* ``replay_mpi``: an MPI version
+* ``ascent_replay``: a serial (non-MPI) version
+* ``ascent_replay_mpi``: an MPI version
 
 The options for replay are:
 
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ Example launches:
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-   ./replay_ser --root=clover.cycle_000060.root --actions=my_actions.json
-   srun -n 8 ./replay_mpi --root=clover.cycle_000060.root --actions=my_actions.json
-   srun -n 8 ./replay_mpi --cycles=cycles_list.txt --actions=my_actions.json
+   ./ascent_replay --root=clover.cycle_000060.root --actions=my_actions.json
+   srun -n 8 ./ascent_replay_mpi --root=clover.cycle_000060.root --actions=my_actions.json
+   srun -n 8 ./ascent_replay_mpi --cycles=cycles_list.txt --actions=my_actions.json
 
 The cycles files list is a text file containing one root file per line:
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Replay will loop over these files in the order in which they appear in the file.
 
 Domain Overloading
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Each root file can point to any number of domains. When launching ``replay_mpi``,
+Each root file can point to any number of domains. When launching ``ascent_replay_mpi``,
 you can specify any number of ranks less than or equal to the number of domains.
 Replay will automatically domain overload. For example if there were 100 domains and
 replay is launched with 50 ranks, then each rank will load 2 domains.
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ paste your yaml into the site and validate if the syntax is correct.
 Running Replay
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 We have created an actions file and now we want to run it.
-We have two choices: use the mpi version ``replay_mpi`` or the serial
-version ``replay_ser``. What you use depends on the data set, but since our
+We have two choices: use the mpi version ``ascent_replay_mpi`` or the serial
+version ``ascent_replay``. What you use depends on the data set, but since our
 sample data size is small, the serial version will work just fine.
 
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ yaml actions file is called ``ascent_actions.yaml``.
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-   ./replay_ser --cycles=clover_cycles --actions=ascent_actions.yaml
+   ./ascent_replay --cycles=clover_cycles --actions=ascent_actions.yaml
 
 The result produces 20 images, but Ascent emits warnings:
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/replay/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utilities/replay/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f73ef2e5..a26770155 100644
--- a/src/utilities/replay/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utilities/replay/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_SERIAL)
     blt_add_executable(
-        NAME        replay_ser
+        NAME        ascent_replay
         SOURCES     ${REPLAY_SOURCES}
         DEPENDS_ON  ${replay_deps}
         OUTPUT_DIR  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     
     # install target for replay serial
-    install(TARGETS replay_ser
+    install(TARGETS ascent_replay
             EXPORT  ascent
             LIBRARY DESTINATION utilities/ascent/replay
             ARCHIVE DESTINATION utilities/ascent/replay
@@ -37,21 +37,21 @@ endif()
 
 if(MPI_FOUND)
 
-    set(replay_mpi_deps ascent_mpi mpi)
+    set(ascent_replay_mpi_deps ascent_mpi mpi)
     if(OPENMP_FOUND)
-           list(APPEND replay_mpi_deps openmp)
+           list(APPEND ascent_replay_mpi_deps openmp)
     endif()
 
     blt_add_executable(
-        NAME        replay_mpi
+        NAME        ascent_replay_mpi
         SOURCES     ${REPLAY_SOURCES}
-        DEPENDS_ON  ${replay_mpi_deps}
+        DEPENDS_ON  ${ascent_replay_mpi_deps}
         OUTPUT_DIR  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-    blt_add_target_compile_flags(TO replay_mpi FLAGS "-DASCENT_REPLAY_MPI=1")
+    blt_add_target_compile_flags(TO ascent_replay_mpi FLAGS "-DASCENT_REPLAY_MPI=1")
 
     # install target for replay mpi
-    install(TARGETS replay_mpi
+    install(TARGETS ascent_replay_mpi
             EXPORT  ascent
             LIBRARY DESTINATION utilities/ascent/replay
             ARCHIVE DESTINATION utilities/ascent/replay
diff --git a/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp b/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp
index 94b75d6fc..2caed3d98 100644
--- a/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/replay/replay.cpp
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ void usage()
   std::cout<<"  --actions : a yaml file containing ascent actions. Default value\n";
   std::cout<<"              is 'ascent_actions.yaml'.\n\n";
   std::cout<<"======================== Examples =========================\n";
-  std::cout<<"./replay_ser --root=clover.cycle_000060.root\n";
-  std::cout<<"./replay_ser --root=clover.cycle_000060.root --actions=my_actions.yaml\n";
-  std::cout<<"srun -n 4 replay_mpi --cycles=cycles_file\n";
+  std::cout<<"./ascent_replay --root=clover.cycle_000060.root\n";
+  std::cout<<"./ascent_replay --root=clover.cycle_000060.root --actions=my_actions.yaml\n";
+  std::cout<<"srun -n 4 ascent_replay_mpi --cycles=cycles_file\n";
   std::cout<<"\n\n";
 }