diff --git a/constants.go b/constants.go
index cbd7d5756..5a8223dcd 100644
--- a/constants.go
+++ b/constants.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Package sam provides a pure-Go implementation of SAMv3.3 (Simple Anonymous Messaging) for I2P networks.
 // This is the root package wrapper that provides sam3-compatible API surface while delegating
 // implementation details to specialized sub-packages.
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/constants_test.go b/constants_test.go
index 980a3f568..ddfd27056 100644
--- a/constants_test.go
+++ b/constants_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 66fec0e3e..aac145d80 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.27.0 // indirect
 )
+
+replace github.com/go-i2p/go-sam-go => .
diff --git a/sam3.go b/sam3.go
index c105e9e87..98e8f8b21 100644
--- a/sam3.go
+++ b/sam3.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Package sam provides a pure-Go implementation of SAMv3.3 for I2P networks.
 // This file implements the main wrapper functions that delegate to sub-package implementations
 // while providing the sam3-compatible API surface at the root package level.
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"errors"
diff --git a/sam3_test.go b/sam3_test.go
index 6861889e2..b49c2c0e1 100644
--- a/sam3_test.go
+++ b/sam3_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"errors"
diff --git a/sessions.go b/sessions.go
index ddfc67e0f..dfa86ee59 100644
--- a/sessions.go
+++ b/sessions.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"github.com/go-i2p/go-sam-go/primary"
diff --git a/sessions_test.go b/sessions_test.go
index 4de71e84c..5c74c7691 100644
--- a/sessions_test.go
+++ b/sessions_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index b08254a94..8362aca05 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Package sam provides type aliases and wrappers for exposing sub-package types at the root level.
 // This file implements the sam3-compatible API surface by creating type aliases that delegate
 // to the appropriate sub-package implementations while maintaining a clean public interface.
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"github.com/go-i2p/go-sam-go/common"
diff --git a/types_test.go b/types_test.go
index 37672a21e..8f7863e41 100644
--- a/types_test.go
+++ b/types_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package sam
+package sam3
 
 import (
 	"reflect"