diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ea265e8..ba3f23ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **Breaking:** set minimum Node version to 22.12.0
 - **Breaking:** upgrade to Node 24
 - Replace `nodemon` with `node --watch` for the `npm run dev` script
+- Use `clientReady` event instead of `ready` to fix deprecation warning
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/events/ready.test.ts b/src/events/clientReady.test.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from src/events/ready.test.ts
rename to src/events/clientReady.test.ts
index b761f526..8f6fcd7a 100644
--- a/src/events/ready.test.ts
+++ b/src/events/clientReady.test.ts
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ const mockVerifyCommandDeployments = verifyCommandDeployments as Mock<
 vi.mock('../logger.js');
 
 // Import the code to test
-import { ready } from './ready.js';
+import { clientReady } from './clientReady.js';
 
-describe('once(ready)', () => {
+describe('once(clientReady)', () => {
 	beforeEach(() => {
 		// Default is no deploy, no revoke, no method behavior
 		mockParseArgs.mockReturnValue({
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('once(ready)', () => {
 			deploy: false,
 			revoke: false,
 		});
-		await ready.execute(client);
+		await clientReady.execute(client);
 		expect(mockDeployCommands).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 		expect(mockRevokeCommands).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 	});
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('once(ready)', () => {
 			deploy: true,
 			revoke: false,
 		});
-		await ready.execute(client);
+		await clientReady.execute(client);
 		expect(mockDeployCommands).toHaveBeenCalledWith(client);
 		expect(mockRevokeCommands).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 	});
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('once(ready)', () => {
 			deploy: false,
 			revoke: true,
 		});
-		await ready.execute(client);
+		await clientReady.execute(client);
 		expect(mockDeployCommands).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 		expect(mockRevokeCommands).toHaveBeenCalledWith(client);
 	});
@@ -107,18 +107,18 @@ describe('once(ready)', () => {
 			deploy: true,
 			revoke: true,
 		});
-		await ready.execute(client);
+		await clientReady.execute(client);
 		expect(mockDeployCommands).toHaveBeenCalledWith(client);
 		expect(mockRevokeCommands).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 	});
 
 	test('verifies command deployments', async () => {
-		await ready.execute(client);
+		await clientReady.execute(client);
 		expect(mockVerifyCommandDeployments).toHaveBeenCalledWith(client);
 	});
 
 	test('sets user activity', async () => {
-		await ready.execute(client);
+		await clientReady.execute(client);
 		expect(mockSetActivity).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
 	});
 });
diff --git a/src/events/ready.ts b/src/events/clientReady.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from src/events/ready.ts
rename to src/events/clientReady.ts
index e05532c1..864a738d 100644
--- a/src/events/ready.ts
+++ b/src/events/clientReady.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { info } from '../logger.js';
 /**
  * The event handler for when the Discord Client is ready for action
  */
-export const ready = onEvent('ready', {
+export const clientReady = onEvent('clientReady', {
 	once: true,
 	async execute(client) {
 		info(`Starting ${client.user.username} v${appVersion}...`);
diff --git a/src/events/index.test.ts b/src/events/index.test.ts
index 6641058d..7a683345 100644
--- a/src/events/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/events/index.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('allEvents', () => {
 		(allEventHandlers as Map<string, unknown>).clear();
 
 		const fakeReadyEvent: EventHandler = {
-			name: 'ready',
+			name: 'clientReady',
 			once: true,
 			execute: vi.fn(),
 		};
diff --git a/src/events/index.ts b/src/events/index.ts
index a2b581e1..1339672b 100644
--- a/src/events/index.ts
+++ b/src/events/index.ts
@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ export function registerEventHandlers(client: Client): void {
 }
 
 // Install event handlers
+import { clientReady } from './clientReady.js';
 import { error } from './error.js';
 import { interactionCreate } from './interactionCreate.js';
 import { messageReactionAdd } from './messageReactionAdd.js';
 import { messageReactionRemove } from './messageReactionRemove.js';
-import { ready } from './ready.js';
 
+_add(clientReady as EventHandler);
 _add(error as EventHandler);
 _add(interactionCreate as EventHandler);
 _add(messageReactionAdd as EventHandler);
 _add(messageReactionRemove as EventHandler);
-_add(ready as EventHandler);
 // Not sure why these type casts are necessary, but they seem sound. We can remove them when TS gets smarter, or we learn what I did wrong
diff --git a/src/helpers/onEvent.test.ts b/src/helpers/onEvent.test.ts
index 0d4fa0d1..17d77f47 100644
--- a/src/helpers/onEvent.test.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/onEvent.test.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ describe('Creating event handlers', () => {
 	// few arguments, or arguments of the wrong type.
 
 	test('creates a proper event handler', () => {
-		const handler = onEvent('ready', {
+		const handler = onEvent('clientReady', {
 			once: true,
 			execute: executeMock,
 		});
-		expect(handler).toHaveProperty('name', 'ready');
+		expect(handler).toHaveProperty('name', 'clientReady');
 		expect(handler).toHaveProperty('once', true);
 		expect(handler).toHaveProperty('execute', executeMock);
 	});