diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6fdd604..4b87969f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Changed `tasks._common:TaskInfo` and `tasks._common:TaskGroup` to be composed of a `tasks._common:TaskInfoBase` ([#683](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/683))
 - Changed `SearchModelsQuery`, `CreateConnectorRequest` & `RegisterAgentsRequest` to be defined inline of request bodies ([#725](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/725))
 - Changed `indices.data_streams_stats:DataStreamsStatsItem` to instead be `indices._common:DataStreamStats` ([#725](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/725)) 
+- Changed naming of `snapshot._common`'s `Status`, `ShardsStats`, `ShardsStatsStage`, `ShardsStatsSummary` and `ShardsStatsSummaryItem` schemas to be prefixed with `Snapshot` ([#730](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/730))
 
 ## [0.1.0] - 2024-10-25
 
diff --git a/spec/namespaces/snapshot.yaml b/spec/namespaces/snapshot.yaml
index 1c4dc532..f039049f 100644
--- a/spec/namespaces/snapshot.yaml
+++ b/spec/namespaces/snapshot.yaml
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ components:
               snapshots:
                 type: array
                 items:
-                  $ref: '../schemas/snapshot._common.yaml#/components/schemas/Status'
+                  $ref: '../schemas/snapshot._common.yaml#/components/schemas/SnapshotStatus'
             required:
               - snapshots
     snapshot.verify_repository@200:
diff --git a/spec/schemas/snapshot._common.yaml b/spec/schemas/snapshot._common.yaml
index f894210d..d2182366 100644
--- a/spec/schemas/snapshot._common.yaml
+++ b/spec/schemas/snapshot._common.yaml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ components:
           $ref: '_common.yaml#/components/schemas/StringifiedBoolean'
       required:
         - location
-    Status:
+    SnapshotStatus:
       type: object
       properties:
         include_global_state:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ components:
         repository:
           type: string
         shards_stats:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShardsStats'
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStats'
         snapshot:
           type: string
         state:
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ components:
           additionalProperties:
             $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStatus'
         shards_stats:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShardsStats'
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStats'
         stats:
           $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotStats'
       required:
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ components:
         reason:
           type: string
         stage:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShardsStatsStage'
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStatsStage'
         stats:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShardsStatsSummary'
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStatsSummary'
       required:
         - stage
         - stats
-    ShardsStatsStage:
+    SnapshotShardsStatsStage:
       oneOf:
         - type: string
           const: DONE
@@ -179,15 +179,15 @@ components:
         - type: string
           const: STARTED
           description: Number of shards in the snapshot that are in the started stage of being stored in the repository.
-    ShardsStatsSummary:
+    SnapshotShardsStatsSummary:
       type: object
       properties:
         incremental:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShardsStatsSummaryItem'
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStatsSummaryItem'
         processed:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShardsStatsSummaryItem'
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStatsSummaryItem'
         total:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShardsStatsSummaryItem'
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotShardsStatsSummaryItem'
         start_time_in_millis:
           $ref: '_common.yaml#/components/schemas/EpochTimeUnitMillis'
         time:
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ components:
         - start_time_in_millis
         - time_in_millis
         - total
-    ShardsStatsSummaryItem:
+    SnapshotShardsStatsSummaryItem:
       type: object
       properties:
         file_count:
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ components:
       required:
         - file_count
         - size_in_bytes
-    ShardsStats:
+    SnapshotShardsStats:
       type: object
       properties:
         done: