diff --git a/taskflow/engines/action_engine/engine.py b/taskflow/engines/action_engine/engine.py
index 5a0fc9fb..ffc3a80a 100644
--- a/taskflow/engines/action_engine/engine.py
+++ b/taskflow/engines/action_engine/engine.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def _start_stop(executor):
         executor.stop()
 
 
-class ActionEngine(base.EngineBase):
+class ActionEngine(base.Engine):
     """Generic action-based engine.
 
     This engine compiles the flow (and any subflows) into a compilation unit
diff --git a/taskflow/engines/base.py b/taskflow/engines/base.py
index 2c409726..dd477a52 100644
--- a/taskflow/engines/base.py
+++ b/taskflow/engines/base.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from taskflow.utils import misc
 
 
 @six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class EngineBase(object):
+class Engine(object):
     """Base for all engines implementations.
 
     :ivar notifier: A notification object that will dispatch events that