diff --git a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Pose.py b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Pose.py
index eb1e879709..d0cbe4511f 100644
--- a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Pose.py
+++ b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Pose.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 class Pose(LCMPose):
     position: Vector3
     orientation: Quaternion
-    name = "geometry_msgs.Pose"
+    msg_name = "geometry_msgs.Pose"
 
     @classmethod
     def lcm_decode(cls, data: bytes | BinaryIO):
diff --git a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/PoseStamped.py b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/PoseStamped.py
index 237cf31225..f7adceab3b 100644
--- a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/PoseStamped.py
+++ b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/PoseStamped.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def sec_nsec(ts):
 
 
 class PoseStamped(Pose, Timestamped):
-    name = "geometry_msgs.PoseStamped"
+    msg_name = "geometry_msgs.PoseStamped"
     ts: float
     frame_id: str
 
diff --git a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Quaternion.py b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Quaternion.py
index 3fb13df532..ccb3328510 100644
--- a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Quaternion.py
+++ b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Quaternion.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Quaternion(LCMQuaternion):
     y: float = 0.0
     z: float = 0.0
     w: float = 1.0
-    name = "geometry_msgs.Quaternion"
+    msg_name = "geometry_msgs.Quaternion"
 
     @classmethod
     def lcm_decode(cls, data: bytes | BinaryIO):
diff --git a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Vector3.py b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Vector3.py
index 896d6bc43b..7f839f2773 100644
--- a/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Vector3.py
+++ b/dimos/msgs/geometry_msgs/Vector3.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Vector3(LCMVector3):
     x: float = 0.0
     y: float = 0.0
     z: float = 0.0
-    name = "geometry_msgs.Vector3"
+    msg_name = "geometry_msgs.Vector3"
 
     @classmethod
     def lcm_decode(cls, data: bytes | BinaryIO):
diff --git a/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/Image.py b/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/Image.py
index 6179746340..2ac53a2fd7 100644
--- a/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/Image.py
+++ b/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/Image.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ImageFormat(Enum):
 class Image(Timestamped):
     """Standardized image type with LCM integration."""
 
-    name = "sensor_msgs.Image"
+    msg_name = "sensor_msgs.Image"
     data: np.ndarray
     format: ImageFormat = field(default=ImageFormat.BGR)
     frame_id: str = field(default="")
diff --git a/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/PointCloud2.py b/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/PointCloud2.py
index 776c81d056..0332dc295c 100644
--- a/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/PointCloud2.py
+++ b/dimos/msgs/sensor_msgs/PointCloud2.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 # TODO: encode/decode need to be updated to work with full spectrum of pointcloud2 fields
 class PointCloud2(Timestamped):
-    name = "sensor_msgs.PointCloud2"
+    msg_name = "sensor_msgs.PointCloud2"
 
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/dimos/protocol/pubsub/lcmpubsub.py b/dimos/protocol/pubsub/lcmpubsub.py
index 3ea30c7074..68a5bd3008 100644
--- a/dimos/protocol/pubsub/lcmpubsub.py
+++ b/dimos/protocol/pubsub/lcmpubsub.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 @runtime_checkable
 class LCMMsg(Protocol):
-    name: str
+    msg_name: str
 
     @classmethod
     def lcm_decode(cls, data: bytes) -> "LCMMsg":
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Topic:
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         if self.lcm_type is None:
             return self.topic
-        return f"{self.topic}#{self.lcm_type.name}"
+        return f"{self.topic}#{self.lcm_type.msg_name}"
 
 
 class LCMPubSubBase(PubSub[Topic, Any], LCMService):
diff --git a/dimos/protocol/pubsub/test_lcmpubsub.py b/dimos/protocol/pubsub/test_lcmpubsub.py
index a641dbd2cd..fb30f41a07 100644
--- a/dimos/protocol/pubsub/test_lcmpubsub.py
+++ b/dimos/protocol/pubsub/test_lcmpubsub.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 class MockLCMMessage:
     """Mock LCM message for testing"""
 
-    name = "geometry_msgs.Mock"
+    msg_name = "geometry_msgs.Mock"
 
     def __init__(self, data):
         self.data = data
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d258827a7..4a1eeccee5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "dask[complete]==2025.5.1",
 
     # LCM / DimOS utilities
-    "dimos-lcm @ git+https://github.com/dimensionalOS/dimos-lcm.git@main",
-
+    "dimos-lcm @ git+https://github.com/dimensionalOS/dimos-lcm.git@c615b2a6d99613b6ebc80dcf3e8a2f59416958b3"
+    
 ]
 
+
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 manipulation = [