diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb
index 78f1cfecc..889fa0a7a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module Api
             contact.disclosed_attributes = disclosed_attributes
           end
 
-          contact.publishable = reparsed_request_json[:publishable] if reparsed_request_json[:publishable].present?
+          contact.registrant_publishable = reparsed_request_json[:registrant_publishable]
 
           logger.debug "Setting.address_processing is set to #{Setting.address_processing}"
 
diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 41c176022..c06c7b601 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class Contact < ApplicationRecord
 
   validate :validate_html
   validate :validate_country_code, if: -> { self.class.address_processing? }
-  validates :publishable, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
+  validates :registrant_publishable, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }, if: -> { registrant? }
+  validates :registrant_publishable, inclusion: { in: [false] }, unless: -> { registrant? }
 
   after_initialize do
     self.status_notes = {} if status_notes.nil?
diff --git a/app/models/registrant.rb b/app/models/registrant.rb
index a0fd70136..a8eae9c31 100644
--- a/app/models/registrant.rb
+++ b/app/models/registrant.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ class Registrant < Contact
   end
 
   def publishable?
-    publishable
+    registrant_publishable
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/whois_record.rb b/app/models/whois_record.rb
index f0390da20..69a3cf7d2 100644
--- a/app/models/whois_record.rb
+++ b/app/models/whois_record.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class WhoisRecord < ApplicationRecord
 
     h[:email] = registrant.email
     h[:phone] = registrant.phone
-    h[:publishable] = registrant.publishable?
+    h[:registrant_publishable] = registrant.publishable?
     h[:registrant_changed]          = registrant.updated_at.try(:to_s, :iso8601)
     h[:registrant_disclosed_attributes] = registrant.disclosed_attributes
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20220715145808_add_publishable_to_contacts.rb b/db/migrate/20220715145808_add_publishable_to_contacts.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a426f977..000000000
--- a/db/migrate/20220715145808_add_publishable_to_contacts.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-class AddPublishableToContacts < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
-  def change
-    add_column :contacts, :publishable, :boolean, default: false
-  end
-end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20220715145808_add_registrant_publishable_to_contacts.rb b/db/migrate/20220715145808_add_registrant_publishable_to_contacts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7d4ab426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20220715145808_add_registrant_publishable_to_contacts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddRegistrantPublishableToContacts < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :contacts, :registrant_publishable, :boolean, default: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 0a38e44b7..5735666f3 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.contacts (
     uuid uuid DEFAULT public.gen_random_uuid() NOT NULL,
     disclosed_attributes character varying[] DEFAULT '{}'::character varying[] NOT NULL,
     email_history character varying,
-    publishable boolean DEFAULT false
+    registrant_publishable boolean DEFAULT false
 );
 
 
diff --git a/lib/serializers/registrant_api/contact.rb b/lib/serializers/registrant_api/contact.rb
index 023544174..6f3aa03b9 100644
--- a/lib/serializers/registrant_api/contact.rb
+++ b/lib/serializers/registrant_api/contact.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module Serializers
           auth_info: contact.auth_info,
           statuses: contact.statuses,
           disclosed_attributes: contact.disclosed_attributes,
+          registrant_publishable: contact.registrant_publishable,
         }
 
         obj[:links] = contact.related_domains if @links
diff --git a/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb b/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb
index bbb977163..56b22c3a3 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ class RegistrantApiV1ContactUpdateTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     assert_equal %w[phone], @contact.disclosed_attributes
   end
 
-  def test_publishable_change_when_present
+  def test_registrant_publishable_change_when_present
     @contact = contacts(:acme_ltd)
-    @contact.update!(publishable: false)
+    @contact.update!(registrant_publishable: false)
 
     patch api_v1_registrant_contact_path(@contact.uuid),
           params: { disclosed_attributes: %w[], publishable: true },
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class RegistrantApiV1ContactUpdateTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     @contact.reload
 
     assert_response :ok
-    assert @contact.publishable
+    assert @contact.registrant_publishable
   end