diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 319c15be..7be30ebc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4718,7 +4718,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tower-batch"
+name = "tower-batch-control"
 version = "0.2.40"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
@@ -5728,7 +5728,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
- "tower-batch",
+ "tower-batch-control",
  "tower-fallback",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-error",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d77eb87b..e6ffaefb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ members = [
         "zebra-node-services",
         "zebra-test",
         "zebra-utils",
-        "tower-batch",
+        "tower-batch-control",
         "tower-fallback",
 ]
 
diff --git a/book/src/dev/overview.md b/book/src/dev/overview.md
index b6508acf..f5e5f82a 100644
--- a/book/src/dev/overview.md
+++ b/book/src/dev/overview.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ into several components:
   of blocks and transactions: all consensus
   rules that can be checked independently of the chain state, such as
   verification of signatures, proofs, and scripts. Internally, the library
-  uses [`tower-batch`](https://doc.zebra.zfnd.org/tower_batch/index.html) to
+  uses [`tower-batch-control`](https://doc.zebra.zfnd.org/tower_batch_control/index.html) to
   perform automatic, transparent batch processing of contemporaneous
   verification requests.
 
diff --git a/book/src/dev/rfcs/0011-async-rust-in-zebra.md b/book/src/dev/rfcs/0011-async-rust-in-zebra.md
index b3c12120..000bb2cb 100644
--- a/book/src/dev/rfcs/0011-async-rust-in-zebra.md
+++ b/book/src/dev/rfcs/0011-async-rust-in-zebra.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ with the [tokio](https://docs.rs/tokio/) executor.
 
 At a higher level, Zebra also uses [`tower::Service`s](https://docs.rs/tower/0.4.1/tower/trait.Service.html),
 [`tower::Buffer`s](https://docs.rs/tower/0.4.1/tower/buffer/struct.Buffer.html),
-and our own [`tower-batch`](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/tree/main/tower-batch)
+and our own [`tower-batch-control`](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/tree/main/tower-batch-control)
 implementation.
 
 # Motivation
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ particularly important for code that modifies Zebra's highly concurrent crates:
 - `zebra-network`
 - `zebra-state`
 - `zebra-consensus`
-- `tower-batch`
+- `tower-batch-control`
 - `tower-fallback`
 
 ## Monitoring Async Code
diff --git a/tower-batch/Cargo.toml b/tower-batch-control/Cargo.toml
similarity index 97%
rename from tower-batch/Cargo.toml
rename to tower-batch-control/Cargo.toml
index 611b30e8..8d1b66c1 100644
--- a/tower-batch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tower-batch-control/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "tower-batch"
+name = "tower-batch-control"
 version = "0.2.40"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/tower-batch/src/error.rs b/tower-batch-control/src/error.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tower-batch/src/error.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/src/error.rs
diff --git a/tower-batch/src/future.rs b/tower-batch-control/src/future.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tower-batch/src/future.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/src/future.rs
diff --git a/tower-batch/src/layer.rs b/tower-batch-control/src/layer.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tower-batch/src/layer.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/src/layer.rs
diff --git a/tower-batch/src/lib.rs b/tower-batch-control/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tower-batch/src/lib.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/tower-batch/src/message.rs b/tower-batch-control/src/message.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tower-batch/src/message.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/src/message.rs
diff --git a/tower-batch/src/service.rs b/tower-batch-control/src/service.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tower-batch/src/service.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/src/service.rs
diff --git a/tower-batch/src/worker.rs b/tower-batch-control/src/worker.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tower-batch/src/worker.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/src/worker.rs
diff --git a/tower-batch/tests/ed25519.rs b/tower-batch-control/tests/ed25519.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from tower-batch/tests/ed25519.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/tests/ed25519.rs
index c45e196d..773b1e3e 100644
--- a/tower-batch/tests/ed25519.rs
+++ b/tower-batch-control/tests/ed25519.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use ed25519_zebra::*;
 use futures::stream::{FuturesOrdered, StreamExt};
 use rand::thread_rng;
 use tower::{Service, ServiceExt};
-use tower_batch::Batch;
+use tower_batch_control::Batch;
 use tower_fallback::Fallback;
 
 // ============ service impl ============
diff --git a/tower-batch/tests/worker.rs b/tower-batch-control/tests/worker.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from tower-batch/tests/worker.rs
rename to tower-batch-control/tests/worker.rs
index 640af1fa..1e7a18b7 100644
--- a/tower-batch/tests/worker.rs
+++ b/tower-batch-control/tests/worker.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use tokio_test::{assert_pending, assert_ready, assert_ready_err, task};
 use tower::{Service, ServiceExt};
-use tower_batch::{error, Batch};
+use tower_batch_control::{error, Batch};
 use tower_test::mock;
 
 #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml b/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
index f80c5602..70b279a2 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ orchard = "0.4.0"
 zcash_proofs = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["local-prover", "multicore", "download-params"] }
 
 tower-fallback = { path = "../tower-fallback/" }
-tower-batch = { path = "../tower-batch/" }
+tower-batch-control = { path = "../tower-batch-control/" }
 
 zebra-script = { path = "../zebra-script" }
 zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state" }
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519.rs
index 22b7f766..49bb6c4a 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use rand::thread_rng;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tower::{util::ServiceFn, Service};
-use tower_batch::{Batch, BatchControl};
+use tower_batch_control::{Batch, BatchControl};
 use tower_fallback::Fallback;
 use zebra_chain::primitives::ed25519::{batch, *};
 
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519/tests.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519/tests.rs
index 4c13a5d6..0847ed08 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519/tests.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/ed25519/tests.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, Result};
 use futures::stream::{FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
 use tower::ServiceExt;
-use tower_batch::Batch;
+use tower_batch_control::Batch;
 
 use crate::primitives::ed25519::*;
 
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/groth16.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/groth16.rs
index 29e325fa..0013c048 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/groth16.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/groth16.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use rayon::prelude::*;
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tower::{util::ServiceFn, Service};
 
-use tower_batch::{Batch, BatchControl};
+use tower_batch_control::{Batch, BatchControl};
 use tower_fallback::{BoxedError, Fallback};
 
 use zebra_chain::{
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/halo2.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/halo2.rs
index a4c0d47c..b747b4b0 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/halo2.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/halo2.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use rayon::prelude::*;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tower::{util::ServiceFn, Service};
-use tower_batch::{Batch, BatchControl};
+use tower_batch_control::{Batch, BatchControl};
 use tower_fallback::Fallback;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub.rs
index 1f11e662..b7f65a2c 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use rand::thread_rng;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tower::{util::ServiceFn, Service};
-use tower_batch::{Batch, BatchControl};
+use tower_batch_control::{Batch, BatchControl};
 use tower_fallback::Fallback;
 
 use zebra_chain::primitives::redjubjub::{batch, *};
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub/tests.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub/tests.rs
index 8c29e318..eb32a1db 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub/tests.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redjubjub/tests.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, Result};
 use futures::stream::{FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
 use tower::ServiceExt;
-use tower_batch::Batch;
+use tower_batch_control::Batch;
 
 async fn sign_and_verify<V>(mut verifier: V, n: usize) -> Result<(), V::Error>
 where
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas.rs
index 26f40b61..77b6b08b 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use rand::thread_rng;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tower::{util::ServiceFn, Service};
-use tower_batch::{Batch, BatchControl};
+use tower_batch_control::{Batch, BatchControl};
 use tower_fallback::Fallback;
 
 use zebra_chain::primitives::reddsa::{batch, orchard, Error};
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas/tests.rs b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas/tests.rs
index 2a49b9a1..6ae0717d 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas/tests.rs
+++ b/zebra-consensus/src/primitives/redpallas/tests.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, Result};
 use futures::stream::{FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
 use tower::ServiceExt;
-use tower_batch::Batch;
+use tower_batch_control::Batch;
 
 use zebra_chain::primitives::reddsa::{
     orchard::{Binding, SpendAuth},