diff --git a/routers/api/v1/api.go b/routers/api/v1/api.go
index fe13f85df4..3b66d02fba 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/api.go
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ func Routes() *web.Route {
 					})
 
 					m.Group("/workflows", func() {
-						m.Group("/{workflowname}", func() {
+						m.Group("/{workflowfilename}", func() {
 							m.Post("/dispatches", reqToken(), reqRepoWriter(unit.TypeActions), mustNotBeArchived, bind(api.DispatchWorkflowOption{}), repo.DispatchWorkflow)
 						})
 					})
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/action.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/action.go
index dbc4933de6..fe29d534ff 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/action.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/action.go
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ func ListActionTasks(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 
 // DispatchWorkflow dispatches a workflow
 func DispatchWorkflow(ctx *context.APIContext) {
-	// swagger:operation POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflowname}/dispatches repository DispatchWorkflow
+	// swagger:operation POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflowfilename}/dispatches repository DispatchWorkflow
 	// ---
 	// summary: Dispatches a workflow
 	// consumes:
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ func DispatchWorkflow(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	//   description: name of the repo
 	//   type: string
 	//   required: true
-	// - name: workflowname
+	// - name: workflowfilename
 	//   in: path
 	//   description: name of the workflow
 	//   type: string
@@ -649,13 +649,13 @@ func DispatchWorkflow(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	//     "$ref": "#/responses/notFound"
 
 	opt := web.GetForm(ctx).(*api.DispatchWorkflowOption)
-	name := ctx.Params("workflowname")
+	name := ctx.Params("workflowfilename")
 
 	if len(opt.Ref) == 0 {
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "ref", "ref is empty")
 		return
 	} else if len(name) == 0 {
-		ctx.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "workflowname", "workflow name is empty")
+		ctx.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "workflowfilename", "workflow file name is empty")
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
index 0e8382b8ab..ee5e919757 100644
--- a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
+++ b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
@@ -5533,7 +5533,7 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflowname}/dispatches": {
+    "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflowfilename}/dispatches": {
       "post": {
         "consumes": [
           "application/json"
@@ -5561,7 +5561,7 @@
           {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "name of the workflow",
-            "name": "workflowname",
+            "name": "workflowfilename",
             "in": "path",
             "required": true
           },