diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0429b7..b3fd9bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ wheels/
 _liburing.c
 _liburing.o
 _liburing.*.so
+_uringcore.*.so
 _uringcore_liburing.*.so
diff --git a/docs/phase1-native-ring-decision.md b/docs/phase1-native-ring-decision.md
index 19a5d6a..bdb5716 100644
--- a/docs/phase1-native-ring-decision.md
+++ b/docs/phase1-native-ring-decision.md
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ following work blocks that transition:
    native e2e suite against that instrumented archive.
 1. Move the selected implementation behind the canonical `_uringcore` name
    and replace the comparison-spike module name, stub, tests, and build
-   configuration.
+   configuration. This transition was completed after the native NOP request
+   lifecycle landed.
 1. Implement and benchmark the native prepare/submit/reap batch boundary
    before making claims about syscall or CPU improvements.
 1. Continue with the refcounted multi-completion request state machine only
diff --git a/docs/phase1-static-liburing-spike.md b/docs/phase1-static-liburing-spike.md
index a6494bc..22e8e92 100644
--- a/docs/phase1-static-liburing-spike.md
+++ b/docs/phase1-static-liburing-spike.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Phase 1 static-liburing ring spike
 
-This is the second native ring implementation spike required by Phase 1 of
-the roadmap. It mirrors the lifecycle boundary of the raw-syscall
+This was the second native ring implementation spike required by Phase 1 of
+the roadmap. It mirrored the lifecycle boundary of the raw-syscall
 `_uringcore.Ring` with a separate `_uringcore_liburing.Ring` implemented
 through the pinned liburing submodule.
 
@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ the module. It therefore has
 no runtime dependency on a system `liburing.so`. liburing is used under its
 MIT license, whose notice is included in the package.
 
-Like the raw-syscall spike, this module owns ring initialization and teardown
-but does not submit or reap operations and is not wired into the Python
+At the comparison boundary, the module owned ring initialization and teardown
+but did not submit or reap operations and was not wired into the Python
 proactor. The build configures and compiles a private archive from the pinned
 vendored sources, then links that archive into both the existing CFFI module
-and this experimental extension. Source builds therefore do not require a
-prebuilt archive or a system `liburing.so`.
+and the native extension. Source builds therefore do not require a prebuilt
+archive or a system `liburing.so`.
 
-The two lifecycle implementations use the same API and tests. The resulting
-[backend decision](phase1-native-ring-decision.md) selects the statically
-linked, vendored liburing route. This spike is not yet the production backend:
-the follow-up work must add full sanitizer coverage, move this implementation
-to `_uringcore`, and replace the comparison-spike module name. The raw spike is
-preserved separately on `feature/raw-syscall-ring-spike`; it is not built or
-packaged by this branch.
+The two lifecycle implementations used the same API and tests. The resulting
+[backend decision](phase1-native-ring-decision.md) selected the statically
+linked, vendored liburing route. Subsequent Phase 1 work added the native NOP
+request lifecycle and promoted this implementation to the canonical
+`_uringcore` module name. Full sanitizer coverage and the remaining request
+state-machine work are still required. The raw spike is preserved separately
+on `feature/raw-syscall-ring-spike`; it is not built or packaged.
 
 On the initial CPython 3.12 x86-64 development build, including debug
 information, the module sizes are:
diff --git a/scripts/verify_wheel.py b/scripts/verify_wheel.py
index 6f31fa3..7400d45 100644
--- a/scripts/verify_wheel.py
+++ b/scripts/verify_wheel.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 EXTENSION_MODULES = (
     "uringloop._liburing",
-    "uringloop._uringcore_liburing",
+    "uringloop._uringcore",
 )
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1f891a..c519683 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 LIBURING_SOURCE = ROOT / "libs"
 LIBURING_EXTENSION_NAMES = {
     "uringloop._liburing",
-    "uringloop._uringcore_liburing",
+    "uringloop._uringcore",
 }
 
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _build_vendored_liburing(self):
     cmdclass={"build_ext": VendoredLiburingBuildExt},
     ext_modules=[
         Extension(
-            "uringloop._uringcore_liburing",
+            "uringloop._uringcore",
             sources=["src/uringcore_liburing.c"],
         ),
     ],
diff --git a/src/uringcore_liburing.c b/src/uringcore_liburing.c
index 0146732..42f2efb 100644
--- a/src/uringcore_liburing.c
+++ b/src/uringcore_liburing.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(
 
 static PyTypeObject UringCoreLiburingRequestType = {
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
-    .tp_name = "uringloop._uringcore_liburing.Request",
+    .tp_name = "uringloop._uringcore.Request",
     .tp_basicsize = sizeof(UringCoreLiburingRequest),
     .tp_dealloc = (destructor)uringcore_liburing_request_dealloc,
     .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(
 
 static PyTypeObject UringCoreLiburingRingType = {
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
-    .tp_name = "uringloop._uringcore_liburing.Ring",
+    .tp_name = "uringloop._uringcore.Ring",
     .tp_basicsize = sizeof(UringCoreLiburingRing),
     .tp_dealloc = (destructor)uringcore_liburing_ring_dealloc,
     .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,
@@ -669,15 +669,15 @@ static PyTypeObject UringCoreLiburingRingType = {
     .tp_new = uringcore_liburing_ring_new,
 };
 
-static PyModuleDef uringcore_liburing_module = {
+static PyModuleDef uringcore_module = {
     PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
-    .m_name = "_uringcore_liburing",
-    .m_doc = "Statically linked liburing ring primitives.",
+    .m_name = "_uringcore",
+    .m_doc = "Native ring primitives backed by statically linked liburing.",
     .m_size = -1,
 };
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
-PyInit__uringcore_liburing(void)
+PyInit__uringcore(void)
 {
     PyObject *module;
 
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ PyInit__uringcore_liburing(void)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    module = PyModule_Create(&uringcore_liburing_module);
+    module = PyModule_Create(&uringcore_module);
     if (module == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_uringcore_liburing.py b/tests/unit/test_uringcore.py
similarity index 71%
rename from tests/unit/test_uringcore_liburing.py
rename to tests/unit/test_uringcore.py
index c01e3cf..5fb8197 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_uringcore_liburing.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_uringcore.py
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from uringloop import _uringcore_liburing
+from uringloop import _uringcore
 
 
-def test_static_liburing_core_has_versioned_abi():
-    assert _uringcore_liburing.ABI_VERSION == 2
+def test_native_core_has_versioned_abi():
+    assert _uringcore.ABI_VERSION == 2
+    assert _uringcore.Ring.__module__ == "uringloop._uringcore"
+    assert _uringcore.Request.__module__ == "uringloop._uringcore"
 
 
 def reap_requests(ring, count):
@@ -22,13 +24,13 @@ def reap_requests(ring, count):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("entries", [-(2**32), -1, 0, 2**32, 2**64])
-def test_static_liburing_ring_rejects_out_of_range_queue_size(entries):
+def test_native_ring_rejects_out_of_range_queue_size(entries):
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="entries must be between"):
-        _uringcore_liburing.Ring(entries)
+        _uringcore.Ring(entries)
 
 
-def test_static_liburing_ring_owns_and_releases_kernel_resources():
-    ring = _uringcore_liburing.Ring(8)
+def test_native_ring_owns_and_releases_kernel_resources():
+    ring = _uringcore.Ring(8)
 
     assert ring.sq_entries >= 8
     assert ring.cq_entries >= ring.sq_entries
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ def test_static_liburing_ring_owns_and_releases_kernel_resources():
     assert ring.closed is True
 
 
-def test_static_liburing_ring_context_manager_closes_resources():
-    with _uringcore_liburing.Ring(entries=8) as ring:
+def test_native_ring_context_manager_closes_resources():
+    with _uringcore.Ring(entries=8) as ring:
         assert ring.closed is False
 
     assert ring.closed is True
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ def test_static_liburing_ring_context_manager_closes_resources():
         ring.__enter__()
 
 
-def test_static_liburing_ring_submits_and_reaps_native_nop_requests():
-    ring = _uringcore_liburing.Ring(8)
+def test_native_ring_submits_and_reaps_native_nop_requests():
+    ring = _uringcore.Ring(8)
     requests = [ring.prepare_nop(), ring.prepare_nop()]
 
     assert ring.pending == 2
@@ -71,8 +73,8 @@ def test_static_liburing_ring_submits_and_reaps_native_nop_requests():
     assert [request.flags for request in requests] == [0, 0]
 
 
-def test_static_liburing_ring_keeps_request_alive_until_completion():
-    ring = _uringcore_liburing.Ring(8)
+def test_native_ring_keeps_request_alive_until_completion():
+    ring = _uringcore.Ring(8)
 
     ring.prepare_nop()
     assert ring.submit() == 1
@@ -82,8 +84,8 @@ def test_static_liburing_ring_keeps_request_alive_until_completion():
     assert request.result == 0
 
 
-def test_static_liburing_ring_close_releases_prepared_request_ownership():
-    ring = _uringcore_liburing.Ring(8)
+def test_native_ring_close_releases_prepared_request_ownership():
+    ring = _uringcore.Ring(8)
     request = ring.prepare_nop()
 
     ring.close()
@@ -96,10 +98,10 @@ def test_static_liburing_ring_close_releases_prepared_request_ownership():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("max_completions", [-1, 0, 2**32, 2**64])
-def test_static_liburing_ring_reap_rejects_out_of_range_batch_size(
+def test_native_ring_reap_rejects_out_of_range_batch_size(
     max_completions,
 ):
-    ring = _uringcore_liburing.Ring(8)
+    ring = _uringcore.Ring(8)
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="max_completions must be between"):
         ring.reap(max_completions)
diff --git a/uringloop/_uringcore_liburing.pyi b/uringloop/_uringcore.pyi
similarity index 100%
rename from uringloop/_uringcore_liburing.pyi
rename to uringloop/_uringcore.pyi