diff --git a/fineract-loan/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/domain/LoanRepaymentScheduleInstallment.java b/fineract-loan/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/domain/LoanRepaymentScheduleInstallment.java
index 6d6456510..72ffbd798 100644
--- a/fineract-loan/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/domain/LoanRepaymentScheduleInstallment.java
+++ b/fineract-loan/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/domain/LoanRepaymentScheduleInstallment.java
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ public class LoanRepaymentScheduleInstallment extends AbstractAuditableWithUTCDa
     @Column(name = "is_additional", nullable = false)
     private boolean additional;
 
-    @Column(name = "credited_principal", scale = 6, precision = 19, nullable = true)
+    // TODO: At some point in time this database column needs to be renamed to credited_principal using the following
+    // approach
+    // https://blog.thepete.net/blog/2023/12/05/expand/contract-making-a-breaking-change-without-a-big-bang/
+    @Column(name = "credits_amount", scale = 6, precision = 19, nullable = true)
     private BigDecimal creditedPrincipal;
 
     @Column(name = "credited_fee", scale = 6, precision = 19, nullable = true)
diff --git a/fineract-loan/src/main/resources/db/changelog/tenant/module/loan/module-changelog-master.xml b/fineract-loan/src/main/resources/db/changelog/tenant/module/loan/module-changelog-master.xml
index 71521ef69..b90df0097 100644
--- a/fineract-loan/src/main/resources/db/changelog/tenant/module/loan/module-changelog-master.xml
+++ b/fineract-loan/src/main/resources/db/changelog/tenant/module/loan/module-changelog-master.xml
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@
   <include relativeToChangelogFile="true" file="parts/1015_remove_disable_schedule_extension_column.xml"/>
   <include relativeToChangelogFile="true" file="parts/1016_add_credit_allocation_rule.xml"/>
   <include relativeToChangelogFile="true" file="parts/1017_add_fee_and_penalty_adjustments_to_loan.xml"/>
+  <include relativeToChangelogFile="true" file="parts/1018_rename_credited_principal_back_to_credits_amount.xml"/>
 </databaseChangeLog>
diff --git a/fineract-loan/src/main/resources/db/changelog/tenant/module/loan/parts/1018_rename_credited_principal_back_to_credits_amount.xml b/fineract-loan/src/main/resources/db/changelog/tenant/module/loan/parts/1018_rename_credited_principal_back_to_credits_amount.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35e2733c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fineract-loan/src/main/resources/db/changelog/tenant/module/loan/parts/1018_rename_credited_principal_back_to_credits_amount.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
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+    distributed with this work for additional information
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+<databaseChangeLog xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-4.1.xsd">
+    <changeSet author="fineract" id="1">
+        <renameColumn tableName="m_loan_repayment_schedule" oldColumnName="credited_principal" newColumnName="credits_amount"  columnDataType="DECIMAL(19, 6)"/>
+    </changeSet>
+</databaseChangeLog>
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/LoanReadPlatformServiceImpl.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/LoanReadPlatformServiceImpl.java
index 9b0be1385..a84d4127b 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/LoanReadPlatformServiceImpl.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/loanaccount/service/LoanReadPlatformServiceImpl.java
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ public class LoanReadPlatformServiceImpl implements LoanReadPlatformService, Loa
                     + " ls.fee_charges_amount as feeChargesDue, ls.fee_charges_completed_derived as feeChargesPaid, ls.fee_charges_waived_derived as feeChargesWaived, ls.fee_charges_writtenoff_derived as feeChargesWrittenOff, "
                     + " ls.penalty_charges_amount as penaltyChargesDue, ls.penalty_charges_completed_derived as penaltyChargesPaid, ls.penalty_charges_waived_derived as penaltyChargesWaived, "
                     + " ls.penalty_charges_writtenoff_derived as penaltyChargesWrittenOff, ls.total_paid_in_advance_derived as totalPaidInAdvanceForPeriod, "
-                    + " ls.total_paid_late_derived as totalPaidLateForPeriod, (coalesce(ls.credited_principal,0) + coalesce(ls.credited_fee,0) + coalesce(ls.credited_penalty,0)) as totalCredits, ls.is_down_payment isDownPayment "
+                    + " ls.total_paid_late_derived as totalPaidLateForPeriod, (coalesce(ls.credits_amount,0) + coalesce(ls.credited_fee,0) + coalesce(ls.credited_penalty,0)) as totalCredits, ls.is_down_payment isDownPayment "
                     + " from m_loan_repayment_schedule ls ";
         }