diff --git a/packages/filter-predicates/report.api.md b/packages/filter-predicates/report.api.md
index 9b729c3d60..76edeb61d2 100644
--- a/packages/filter-predicates/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/filter-predicates/report.api.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export type FilterPredicateValue =
       $contains: FilterPredicate;
     }
   | {
-      $startsWith: string;
+      $hasPrefix: string;
     }
   | UnknownFilterPredicateValueMatcher;
 
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ export type UnknownFilterPredicateOperator = {
 export type UnknownFilterPredicateValueMatcher = {
   [KMatcher in `$${string}`]: JsonValue;
 } & {
-  [KMatcher in '$exists' | '$in' | '$contains' | '$startsWith']: never;
+  [KMatcher in '$exists' | '$in' | '$contains' | '$hasPrefix']: never;
 };
 ```
diff --git a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.test.ts b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.test.ts
index f28c1c9453..6eb54c3c92 100644
--- a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.test.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ describe('evaluate', () => {
         'metadata.annotations.github.com/repo': { $exists: true },
       },
     ],
-    ['a', { 'spec.type': { $startsWith: 'g' } }],
+    ['a', { 'spec.type': { $hasPrefix: 'g' } }],
   ])('filter entry %#', (expected, filter) => {
     it('filterPredicateToFilterFunction', () => {
       const filtered = entities.filter(entity =>
diff --git a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.ts b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.ts
index 170bee41f3..2006265004 100644
--- a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.ts
+++ b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/evaluate.ts
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ function evaluateFilterPredicateValue(
     }
     return value === undefined;
   }
-  if ('$startsWith' in filter) {
+  if ('$hasPrefix' in filter) {
     if (typeof value !== 'string') {
       return false;
     }
     return value
       .toLocaleUpperCase('en-US')
-      .startsWith(filter.$startsWith.toLocaleUpperCase('en-US'));
+      .startsWith(filter.$hasPrefix.toLocaleUpperCase('en-US'));
   }
 
   return false;
diff --git a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/types.ts b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/types.ts
index c66cdd8f64..8c5b298719 100644
--- a/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/types.ts
+++ b/packages/filter-predicates/src/predicates/types.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export type FilterPredicateExpression = {
 export type UnknownFilterPredicateValueMatcher = {
   [KMatcher in `$${string}`]: JsonValue;
 } & {
-  [KMatcher in '$exists' | '$in' | '$contains' | '$startsWith']: never;
+  [KMatcher in '$exists' | '$in' | '$contains' | '$hasPrefix']: never;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export type FilterPredicateValue =
       /**
        * Asserts that the property value is string, and that it starts with the given string.
        */
-      $startsWith: string;
+      $hasPrefix: string;
     }
   | UnknownFilterPredicateValueMatcher;