diff --git a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/api/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/api/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py
index aec55aac..45168417 100644
--- a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/api/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py
+++ b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/api/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from dcmanagerclient.api.v1.sw_update_manager import SwUpdateManager
 
-SW_UPDATE_TYPE_USM = "software"
+SW_UPDATE_TYPE_USM = "sw-deploy"
 
 
 class SwDeployManager(SwUpdateManager):
diff --git a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/commands/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/commands/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py
index 73d01a3b..d047ad4c 100644
--- a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/commands/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py
+++ b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/commands/v1/sw_deploy_manager.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class SwDeployManagerMixin:
         columns, data = original_fmt_func(sw_update_strategy)
         release_id = ""
         if sw_update_strategy and sw_update_strategy.extra_args:
-            release_id = sw_update_strategy.extra_args.get("release_id")
+            release_id = sw_update_strategy.extra_args.get("release")
 
         # Find the index of 'stop on failure' in the tuple
         failure_status_index = columns.index("stop on failure")
@@ -58,16 +58,15 @@ class CreateSwDeployStrategy(
         parser = super().get_parser(prog_name)
 
         parser.add_argument(
-            "--release-id",
-            required=True,
-            help="The release to be deployed.",
+            "release",
+            help="The release ID to be deployed.",
         )
 
         return parser
 
     def process_custom_params(self, parsed_args, kwargs_dict):
         """Updates kwargs dictionary from parsed_args for patching"""
-        kwargs_dict["release_id"] = parsed_args.release_id
+        kwargs_dict["release"] = parsed_args.release
 
     # override validate_force_params defined in CreateSwUpdateStrategy
     def validate_force_params(self, parsed_args):
diff --git a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/shell.py b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/shell.py
index 0b2ffdca..d462e41b 100644
--- a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/shell.py
+++ b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/shell.py
@@ -580,11 +580,6 @@ class DCManagerShell(app.App):
             "prestage-strategy create": spr.CreateSwPrestageStrategy,
             "prestage-strategy delete": spr.DeleteSwPrestageStrategy,
             "prestage-strategy show": spr.ShowSwPrestageStrategy,
-            "software-deploy-strategy abort": swdm.AbortSwDeployStrategy,
-            "software-deploy-strategy apply": swdm.ApplySwDeployStrategy,
-            "software-deploy-strategy create": swdm.CreateSwDeployStrategy,
-            "software-deploy-strategy delete": swdm.DeleteSwDeployStrategy,
-            "software-deploy-strategy show": swdm.ShowSwDeployStrategy,
             "strategy-step list": swum.ListSwUpdateStrategyStep,
             "strategy-step show": swum.ShowSwUpdateStrategyStep,
             "strategy-config delete": suom.DeleteSwUpdateOptions,
@@ -634,6 +629,11 @@ class DCManagerShell(app.App):
             "subcloud-peer-group show": pm.ShowSubcloudPeerGroup,
             "subcloud-peer-group status": pm.StatusSubcloudPeerGroup,
             "subcloud-peer-group update": pm.UpdateSubcloudPeerGroup,
+            "sw-deploy-strategy abort": swdm.AbortSwDeployStrategy,
+            "sw-deploy-strategy apply": swdm.ApplySwDeployStrategy,
+            "sw-deploy-strategy create": swdm.CreateSwDeployStrategy,
+            "sw-deploy-strategy delete": swdm.DeleteSwDeployStrategy,
+            "sw-deploy-strategy show": swdm.ShowSwDeployStrategy,
             "system-peer add": sp.AddSystemPeer,
             "system-peer delete": sp.DeleteSystemPeer,
             "system-peer list": sp.ListSystemPeer,
diff --git a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/tests/v1/test_sw_deploy_manager.py b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/tests/v1/test_sw_deploy_manager.py
index 8793cf1b..be921717 100644
--- a/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/tests/v1/test_sw_deploy_manager.py
+++ b/distributedcloud-client/dcmanagerclient/tests/v1/test_sw_deploy_manager.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TestSwDeployStrategy(UpdateStrategyMixin, base.BaseCommandTest):
         self.abort_command = cli_cmd.AbortSwDeployStrategy
 
     def test_create_strategy(self):
-        """Test deploy strategy should be created with --release-id"""
+        """Test deploy strategy should be created with release"""
 
         # prepare mixin attributes
         manager_to_test = self.sw_update_manager
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TestSwDeployStrategy(UpdateStrategyMixin, base.BaseCommandTest):
         # mock the result of the API call
         strategy = utils.make_strategy(
             strategy_type=expected_strategy_type,
-            extra_args={"release_id": "stx-24.09.1"},
+            extra_args={"release": "stx-24.09.1"},
         )
 
         # mock that there is no pre-existing strategy
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class TestSwDeployStrategy(UpdateStrategyMixin, base.BaseCommandTest):
         # invoke the backend method for the CLI.
         # Returns a tuple of field descriptions, and a second tuple of values
         fields, results = self.call(
-            self.create_command, ["--release-id", "stx-24.09.1"]
+            self.create_command, ["stx-24.09.1"]
         )
 
         # results is a tuple of expected length
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class TestSwDeployStrategy(UpdateStrategyMixin, base.BaseCommandTest):
         self.assertEqual(results[failure_index + 1], "stx-24.09.1")
 
     def test_create_strategy_without_release_id(self):
-        """Test deploy strategy should not be created without --release-id"""
+        """Test deploy strategy should not be created without release"""
 
         # prepare mixin attributes
         manager_to_test = self.sw_update_manager