diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/v3/codec/CodecBuilder.java b/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/v3/codec/CodecBuilder.java
index 8bddb8a..d4eb697 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/v3/codec/CodecBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/v3/codec/CodecBuilder.java
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ public CodecBuilder withBytes() {
         return withBytes(Endian.nativeOrder());
     }
 
-    public CodecBuilder withGzip(int clevel) {
+    public CodecBuilder withGzip(int level) {
         try {
-            codecs.add(new GzipCodec(new GzipCodec.Configuration(clevel)));
+            codecs.add(new GzipCodec(new GzipCodec.Configuration(level)));
         } catch (ZarrException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ public CodecBuilder withGzip() {
         return withGzip(5);
     }
 
-    public CodecBuilder withZstd(int clevel, boolean checksum) {
+    public CodecBuilder withZstd(int level, boolean checksum) {
         try {
-            codecs.add(new ZstdCodec(new ZstdCodec.Configuration(clevel, checksum)));
+            codecs.add(new ZstdCodec(new ZstdCodec.Configuration(level, checksum)));
         } catch (ZarrException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ public CodecBuilder withZstd() {
         return withZstd(5, true);
     }
 
-    public CodecBuilder withZstd(int clevel) {
-        return withZstd(clevel, true);
+    public CodecBuilder withZstd(int level) {
+        return withZstd(level, true);
     }
 
     public CodecBuilder withSharding(int[] chunkShape) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrPythonTests.java b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrPythonTests.java
index c5e797d..5c22b5f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrPythonTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrPythonTests.java
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ public void testWriteV3(String codec, String codecParam, DataType dataType) thro
                 builder = builder.withCodecs(c -> c.withGzip(Integer.parseInt(codecParam)));
                 break;
             case "zstd":
-                int clevel_zstd = Integer.parseInt(codecParam.split("_")[0]);
+                int level_zstd = Integer.parseInt(codecParam.split("_")[0]);
                 boolean checksum = Boolean.parseBoolean(codecParam.split("_")[1]);
-                builder = builder.withCodecs(c -> c.withZstd(clevel_zstd, checksum));
+                builder = builder.withCodecs(c -> c.withZstd(level_zstd, checksum));
                 break;
             case "bytes":
                 builder = builder.withCodecs(c -> c.withBytes(codecParam));
@@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ public void testWriteV2(String compressor, String compressorParam, dev.zarr.zarr
 
     @CsvSource({"0,true", "0,false", "5, true", "10, false"})
     @ParameterizedTest
-    public void testZstdLibrary(int clevel, boolean checksumFlag) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    public void testZstdLibrary(int level, boolean checksumFlag) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         //compress using ZstdCompressCtx
         int number = 123456;
         byte[] src = ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putInt(number).array();
         byte[] compressed;
         try (ZstdCompressCtx ctx = new ZstdCompressCtx()) {
-            ctx.setLevel(clevel);
+            ctx.setLevel(level);
             ctx.setChecksum(checksumFlag);
             compressed = ctx.compress(src);
         }
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public void testZstdLibrary(int clevel, boolean checksumFlag) throws IOException
         Assertions.assertEquals(number, ByteBuffer.wrap(decompressed).getInt());
 
         //write compressed to file
-        String compressedDataPath = TESTOUTPUT.resolve("compressed" + clevel + checksumFlag + ".bin").toString();
+        String compressedDataPath = TESTOUTPUT.resolve("compressed" + level + checksumFlag + ".bin").toString();
         try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(compressedDataPath)) {
             fos.write(compressed);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java
index 68f7390..614a2b9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java
@@ -204,17 +204,17 @@ public void testCheckShardingBounds(int[] shardSize, boolean nested) {
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @CsvSource({"0,true", "0,false", "5, true", "5, false"})
-    public void testZstdCodecReadWrite(int clevel, boolean checksum) throws ZarrException, IOException {
+    public void testZstdCodecReadWrite(int level, boolean checksum) throws ZarrException, IOException {
         int[] testData = new int[16 * 16 * 16];
         Arrays.setAll(testData, p -> p);
 
-        StoreHandle storeHandle = new FilesystemStore(TESTOUTPUT).resolve("testZstdCodecReadWrite", "checksum_" + checksum, "clevel_" + clevel);
+        StoreHandle storeHandle = new FilesystemStore(TESTOUTPUT).resolve("testZstdCodecReadWrite", "checksum_" + checksum, "level_" + level);
         ArrayMetadataBuilder builder = Array.metadataBuilder()
                 .withShape(16, 16, 16)
                 .withDataType(DataType.UINT32)
                 .withChunkShape(2, 4, 8)
                 .withFillValue(0)
-                .withCodecs(c -> c.withZstd(clevel, checksum));
+                .withCodecs(c -> c.withZstd(level, checksum));
         Array writeArray = Array.create(storeHandle, builder.build());
         writeArray.write(ucar.ma2.Array.factory(ucar.ma2.DataType.UINT, new int[]{16, 16, 16}, testData));