diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project-raw_path.snap b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project-raw_path.snap
index 259f07074..46d694092 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project-raw_path.snap
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project-raw_path.snap
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use pavex::http::StatusCode;
 use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
-    println!("The raw path is: {}", head.uri.path());
+    println!("The raw path is: {}", head.target.path());
     StatusCode::OK
 }
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project/src/path/routes.rs b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project/src/path/routes.rs
index 91c8079ab..72da79f3a 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project/src/path/routes.rs
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project/src/path/routes.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ use pavex::http::StatusCode;
 use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
-    println!("The raw path is: {}", head.uri.path());
+    println!("The raw path is: {}", head.target.path());
     StatusCode::OK
 }
diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project-raw_query.snap b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project-raw_query.snap
index 70a8f96b3..21eaa999c 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project-raw_query.snap
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project-raw_query.snap
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use pavex::http::StatusCode;
 use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
-    if let Some(raw_query /* (1)! */) = head.uri.query() {
+    if let Some(raw_query /* (1)! */) = head.target.query() {
         println!("The raw query is `{raw_query}`");
     } else {
         println!("There is no query string");
diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project/src/query/routes.rs b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project/src/query/routes.rs
index d90ca4a1c..aef8a51db 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project/src/query/routes.rs
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project/src/query/routes.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use pavex::http::StatusCode;
 use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
-    if let Some(raw_query /* (1)! */) = head.uri.query() {
+    if let Some(raw_query /* (1)! */) = head.target.query() {
         println!("The raw query is `{raw_query}`");
     } else {
         println!("There is no query string");
diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project-target.snap b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project-target.snap
index 14d6d0f50..8badd8a85 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project-target.snap
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project-target.snap
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use pavex::http::StatusCode;
 use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
-    println!("The request target is {}", head.uri);
+    println!("The request target is {}", head.target);
     // [...]
 }
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project/src/uri/routes.rs b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project/src/uri/routes.rs
index f9f42d645..7f1fd7345 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project/src/uri/routes.rs
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project/src/uri/routes.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ use pavex::http::StatusCode;
 use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
-    println!("The request target is {}", head.uri);
+    println!("The request target is {}", head.target);
     StatusCode::OK
 }
diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project-head.snap b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project-head.snap
index e6d7e6275..e5b71c8cd 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project-head.snap
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project-head.snap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
     println!("The HTTP method is {}", head.method);
     println!("The HTTP version is {:?}", head.version);
-    println!("The request target is {}", head.uri);
+    println!("The request target is {}", head.target);
     println!("There are {} headers", head.headers.len());
     StatusCode::OK
 }
diff --git a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project/src/head/routes.rs b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project/src/head/routes.rs
index 670f2680e..acef932a7 100644
--- a/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project/src/head/routes.rs
+++ b/doc_examples/guide/request_data/wire_data/project/src/head/routes.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use pavex::request::RequestHead;
 pub fn handler(head: &RequestHead) -> StatusCode {
     println!("The HTTP method is {}", head.method);
     println!("The HTTP version is {:?}", head.version);
-    println!("The request target is {}", head.uri);
+    println!("The request target is {}", head.target);
     println!("There are {} headers", head.headers.len());
     StatusCode::OK
 }
diff --git a/docs/guide/request_data/path/index.md b/docs/guide/request_data/path/index.md
index 54228d41c..e3fa53a82 100644
--- a/docs/guide/request_data/path/index.md
+++ b/docs/guide/request_data/path/index.md
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ more details.
 
 ## Injection
 
-Inject [`RequestHead`][RequestHead] to access the raw path via its [`uri`][RequestHead::uri] field:
+Inject [`RequestHead`][RequestHead] to access the raw path via its [`target`][RequestHead::target] field:
 
 --8<-- "doc_examples/guide/request_data/path/project-raw_path.snap"
 
 [RequestHead]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html
-[RequestHead::uri]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.uri
\ No newline at end of file
+[RequestHead::target]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/guide/request_data/path/route_parameters.md b/docs/guide/request_data/path/route_parameters.md
index 4f2856fca..4ad8b57e7 100644
--- a/docs/guide/request_data/path/route_parameters.md
+++ b/docs/guide/request_data/path/route_parameters.md
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ to know more about the underlying mechanism.
 [^relationship]: [`RouteParams<T>`][RouteParams] is built on top of [`RawRouteParams`][RawRouteParams].
 
 [RequestHead]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html
-[RequestHead::uri]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.uri
+[RequestHead::target]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.target
 [RouteParams]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/route/struct.RouteParams.html
 [RouteParamsMacro]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/route/attr.RouteParams.html
 [serde::Deserialize]: https://docs.rs/serde/latest/serde/trait.Deserialize.html
diff --git a/docs/guide/request_data/query/index.md b/docs/guide/request_data/query/index.md
index 074728320..c88eb88e4 100644
--- a/docs/guide/request_data/query/index.md
+++ b/docs/guide/request_data/query/index.md
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ out of the raw query.
 
 ## Injection
 
-Inject [`RequestHead`][RequestHead] to access the raw query via its [`uri`][RequestHead::uri] field:
+Inject [`RequestHead`][RequestHead] to access the raw query via its [`uri`][RequestHead::target] field:
 
 --8<-- "doc_examples/guide/request_data/query/project-raw_query.snap"
 
 1. The query string is an optional component of the request target. It may not be there!
 
 [RequestHead]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html
-[RequestHead::uri]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.uri
+[RequestHead::target]: ../../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.target
diff --git a/docs/guide/request_data/request_target.md b/docs/guide/request_data/request_target.md
index c20959540..638ae1aff 100644
--- a/docs/guide/request_data/request_target.md
+++ b/docs/guide/request_data/request_target.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ e.g. `/foo/bar?baz=qux`.
 
 ## Injection
 
-Inject [`RequestHead`][RequestHead] to access the request target via its [`uri`][RequestHead::uri] field:
+Inject [`RequestHead`][RequestHead] to access the request target via its [`target`][RequestHead::target] field:
 
 --8<-- "doc_examples/guide/request_data/request_target/project-target.snap"
 
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ to perform more advanced processing—e.g. parsing query parameters or [route pa
 [^rfc]: [RFC 7230](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-5.3) allows two other formats of request target,
 authority form (e.g. `example.com:443`) and asterisk form (e.g. `*`).  
 For both alternative formats there is a canonical conversion into a URI (_effective request URI_). 
-Pavex takes care of the conversion automatically; you can access [`RequestHead::uri`][RequestHead::uri] 
+Pavex takes care of the conversion automatically; you can access [`RequestHead::target`][RequestHead::target] 
 without having to worry about it.
 
 [RequestHead]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html
-[RequestHead::uri]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.uri
+[RequestHead::target]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.target
diff --git a/docs/guide/request_data/wire_data.md b/docs/guide/request_data/wire_data.md
index d5735a071..bb5b06c2f 100644
--- a/docs/guide/request_data/wire_data.md
+++ b/docs/guide/request_data/wire_data.md
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ You can always inject both types if you need to look at the entire request at on
 [RequestHead::version]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.version
 [RequestHead::method]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.method
 [RequestHead::headers]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.headers
-[RequestHead::uri]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.uri
+[RequestHead::target]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/struct.RequestHead.html#structfield.target
 [RawIncomingBody]: ../../api_reference/pavex/request/body/struct.RawIncomingBody.html
diff --git a/examples/realworld/api_server_sdk/src/lib.rs b/examples/realworld/api_server_sdk/src/lib.rs
index 2e82fcace..a1efd5568 100644
--- a/examples/realworld/api_server_sdk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/realworld/api_server_sdk/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async fn route_request(
     #[allow(unused)]
     let request_body = pavex::request::body::RawIncomingBody::from(request_body);
     let request_head: pavex::request::RequestHead = request_head.into();
-    let matched_route = match server_state.router.at(&request_head.uri.path()) {
+    let matched_route = match server_state.router.at(&request_head.target.path()) {
         Ok(m) => m,
         Err(_) => {
             let allowed_methods: pavex::router::AllowedMethods = pavex::router::MethodAllowList::from_iter(
diff --git a/examples/realworld/conduit_core/src/telemetry.rs b/examples/realworld/conduit_core/src/telemetry.rs
index e3a91956f..ff4536953 100644
--- a/examples/realworld/conduit_core/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/examples/realworld/conduit_core/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl RootSpan {
             user_agent.original = %user_agent,
             http.response.status_code = tracing::field::Empty,
             http.route = %matched_route,
-            http.target = %request_head.uri.path_and_query().map(|p| p.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
+            http.target = %request_head.target.path_and_query().map(|p| p.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
             // 👇 fields that we can't fill out _yet_ because we don't have access to connection info
             //
             // http.scheme = %$crate::root_span_macro::private::http_scheme(connection_info.scheme()),
diff --git a/examples/skeleton/app_server_sdk/src/lib.rs b/examples/skeleton/app_server_sdk/src/lib.rs
index e744b03cd..6469c5d83 100644
--- a/examples/skeleton/app_server_sdk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/skeleton/app_server_sdk/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async fn route_request(
     #[allow(unused)]
     let request_body = pavex::request::body::RawIncomingBody::from(request_body);
     let request_head: pavex::request::RequestHead = request_head.into();
-    let matched_route = match server_state.router.at(&request_head.uri.path()) {
+    let matched_route = match server_state.router.at(&request_head.target.path()) {
         Ok(m) => m,
         Err(_) => {
             let allowed_methods: pavex::router::AllowedMethods = pavex::router::MethodAllowList::from_iter(
diff --git a/libs/pavex/src/request/body/buffered_body.rs b/libs/pavex/src/request/body/buffered_body.rs
index 46c0e7b4d..5764d7df2 100644
--- a/libs/pavex/src/request/body/buffered_body.rs
+++ b/libs/pavex/src/request/body/buffered_body.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn dummy_request_head() -> RequestHead {
         RequestHead {
             method: http::Method::GET,
-            uri: "/".parse().unwrap(),
+            target: "/".parse().unwrap(),
             version: http::Version::HTTP_11,
             headers: HeaderMap::new(),
         }
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn error_if_body_above_size_limit_without_content_length() {
-        let body = crate::response::body::body_::Full::new(Bytes::from(vec![0; 1000]));
+        let body = crate::response::body::raw::Full::new(Bytes::from(vec![0; 1000]));
         // Smaller than the size of the body.
         let max_n_bytes = 100;
         let err = BufferedBody::_extract_with_limit(&dummy_request_head(), body, max_n_bytes)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Smaller than the value declared in the `Content-Length` header,
         // even though it's bigger than the actual size of the body.
         let max_n_bytes = 100;
-        let body = crate::response::body::body_::Full::new(Bytes::from(vec![0; 500]));
+        let body = crate::response::body::raw::Full::new(Bytes::from(vec![0; 500]));
         request_head
             .headers
             .insert("Content-Length", "1000".parse().unwrap());
diff --git a/libs/pavex/src/request/body/json.rs b/libs/pavex/src/request/body/json.rs
index 1f7d2a2bc..6e939b840 100644
--- a/libs/pavex/src/request/body/json.rs
+++ b/libs/pavex/src/request/body/json.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ mod tests {
         let request_head = crate::request::RequestHead {
             headers,
             method: http::Method::GET,
-            uri: "/".parse().unwrap(),
+            target: "/".parse().unwrap(),
             version: http::Version::HTTP_11,
         };
         let body = serde_json::json!({
diff --git a/libs/pavex/src/request/query/query_params.rs b/libs/pavex/src/request/query/query_params.rs
index cbb9ed234..84c8b6ccd 100644
--- a/libs/pavex/src/request/query/query_params.rs
+++ b/libs/pavex/src/request/query/query_params.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl<T> QueryParams<T> {
     where
         T: serde::Deserialize<'request>,
     {
-        let query = request_head.uri.query().unwrap_or_default();
+        let query = request_head.target.query().unwrap_or_default();
         parse(query).map(QueryParams)
     }
 }
diff --git a/libs/pavex/src/request/request_head.rs b/libs/pavex/src/request/request_head.rs
index 32a939cab..7ac1690f8 100644
--- a/libs/pavex/src/request/request_head.rs
+++ b/libs/pavex/src/request/request_head.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use http::{HeaderMap, Method, Uri, Version};
 /// [`Blueprint`]: crate::blueprint::Blueprint
 pub struct RequestHead {
     pub method: Method,
-    pub uri: Uri,
+    pub target: Uri,
     pub version: Version,
     pub headers: HeaderMap,
 }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl From<http::request::Parts> for RequestHead {
     fn from(parts: http::request::Parts) -> Self {
         Self {
             method: parts.method,
-            uri: parts.uri,
+            target: parts.uri,
             version: parts.version,
             headers: parts.headers,
         }
diff --git a/libs/pavexc/src/compiler/codegen.rs b/libs/pavexc/src/compiler/codegen.rs
index 1fe65d0c0..ae6edbfbe 100644
--- a/libs/pavexc/src/compiler/codegen.rs
+++ b/libs/pavexc/src/compiler/codegen.rs
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ fn get_request_dispatcher(
             #[allow(unused)]
             let request_body = #pavex::request::body::RawIncomingBody::from(request_body);
             let request_head: #pavex::request::RequestHead = request_head.into();
-            let matched_route = match server_state.router.at(&request_head.uri.path()) {
+            let matched_route = match server_state.router.at(&request_head.target.path()) {
                 Ok(m) => m,
                 Err(_) => {
                     #allowed_methods
diff --git a/template/template/{{crate_name}}/src/telemetry.rs b/template/template/{{crate_name}}/src/telemetry.rs
index 6867b9876..72dd680ce 100644
--- a/template/template/{{crate_name}}/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/template/template/{{crate_name}}/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl RootSpan {
             user_agent.original = %user_agent,
             http.response.status_code = tracing::field::Empty,
             http.route = %matched_route,
-            http.target = %request_head.uri.path_and_query().map(|p| p.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
+            http.target = %request_head.target.path_and_query().map(|p| p.as_str()).unwrap_or(""),
         );
         Self(span)
     }