diff --git a/.github/workflows/example_package_project-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/example_package_project-ci.yaml
index b333e26..6481b2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/example_package_project-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/example_package_project-ci.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE CI
+name: example_package CI
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Install example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE and its testing dependencies
+      - name: Install example_package and its testing dependencies
         run: pip install -e .[testing]
 
       - name: Run test suite
-        run: pytest --cov example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE --cov-report term-missing --cov-append .
+        run: pytest --cov example_package --cov-report term-missing --cov-append .
 
       - name: Coveralls GitHub Action
         uses: coverallsapp/github-action@5cbfd81b66ca5d10c19b062c04de0199c215fb6e # v2.3.7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 87ebdd2..4730a6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Change version in repo and CITATION.cff
         run: |
           # Update Python package version
-          sed -i "s/__version__ =.*/__version__ = \"${{ github.event.inputs.version }}\"/g" src/example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/__init__.py
+          sed -i "s/__version__ =.*/__version__ = \"${{ github.event.inputs.version }}\"/g" src/example_package/__init__.py
 
           # Update CITATION.cff version and date-released
           if [ -f CITATION.cff ]; then
diff --git a/src/example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/__init__.py b/example_package/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/__init__.py
rename to example_package/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/example.py b/example_package/example.py
similarity index 67%
rename from src/example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/example.py
rename to example_package/example.py
index 589c7d7..e56c8c7 100644
--- a/src/example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/example.py
+++ b/example_package/example.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# src/example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/example.py
+# src/example_package/example.py
 
 
 def placeholder():
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d7dddc..8993c6a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["flit_core>=3.4,<4"]
 build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
 [project]
-name = "example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE"
+name = "example_package"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 description = "Short description of your package"
@@ -100,5 +100,5 @@ docstring-code-format = true
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 minversion = "9.0"
-addopts = "--cov=example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE --cov-report=term-missing"
+addopts = "--cov=example_package --cov-report=term-missing"
 testpaths = ["tests"]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 4faceaf..2edb7d1 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def temp_test_dir():
     Provides a temporary test directory with a 'logs' subfolder.
     Automatically cleans up after the test.
     """
-    test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE_")
+    test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="example_package_")
     logs_path = os.path.join(test_dir, "logs")
     os.makedirs(logs_path, exist_ok=True)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/test_example.py b/tests/test_example_package/test_example.py
similarity index 66%
rename from tests/test_example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/test_example.py
rename to tests/test_example_package/test_example.py
index 4cb79d0..9802219 100644
--- a/tests/test_example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/test_example.py
+++ b/tests/test_example_package/test_example.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# tests/test_example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/test_example.py
+# tests/test_example_package/test_example.py
 
-from example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE.example import placeholder
+from example_package.example import placeholder
 
 
 class TestExamplePackage:
     """
-    Class-based placeholder tests for example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE.
+    Class-based placeholder tests for example_package.
 
     - Demonstrates using a test class with pytest.
     - Can easily be extended with more methods for real tests.