diff --git a/examples/mt-pytorch/driver.py b/examples/mt-pytorch/driver.py
index fed760f021af..5b7ec1e3b482 100644
--- a/examples/mt-pytorch/driver.py
+++ b/examples/mt-pytorch/driver.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def weighted_average(metrics: List[Tuple[int, Metrics]]) -> Metrics:
 
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver SDK
-driver = GrpcDriver(driver_service_address="0.0.0.0:9091", certificates=None)
+driver = GrpcDriver(driver_service_address="0.0.0.0:9091", root_certificates=None)
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver SDK
 
 anonymous_client_nodes = False
diff --git a/examples/secaggplus-mt/driver.py b/examples/secaggplus-mt/driver.py
index d9f795766f6d..4b38cc829b82 100644
--- a/examples/secaggplus-mt/driver.py
+++ b/examples/secaggplus-mt/driver.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def weighted_average(metrics: List[Tuple[int, Metrics]]) -> Metrics:
 
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver SDK
-driver = GrpcDriver(driver_service_address="0.0.0.0:9091", certificates=None)
+driver = GrpcDriver(driver_service_address="0.0.0.0:9091", root_certificates=None)
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver SDK
 
 anonymous_client_nodes = False
diff --git a/src/py/flwr/driver/app.py b/src/py/flwr/driver/app.py
index 3cb8652365d8..8da197dcd665 100644
--- a/src/py/flwr/driver/app.py
+++ b/src/py/flwr/driver/app.py
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ def start_driver(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-locals
     # Create the Driver
     if isinstance(root_certificates, str):
         root_certificates = Path(root_certificates).read_bytes()
-    driver = GrpcDriver(driver_service_address=address, certificates=root_certificates)
+    driver = GrpcDriver(
+        driver_service_address=address, root_certificates=root_certificates
+    )
     driver.connect()
     lock = threading.Lock()
 
diff --git a/src/py/flwr/driver/driver.py b/src/py/flwr/driver/driver.py
index 20e149fe6024..4625728b3b24 100644
--- a/src/py/flwr/driver/driver.py
+++ b/src/py/flwr/driver/driver.py
@@ -43,14 +43,10 @@ class Driver:
     driver_service_address : Optional[str]
         The IPv4 or IPv6 address of the Driver API server.
         Defaults to `"[::]:9091"`.
-    certificates : bytes (default: None)
-        Tuple containing root certificate, server certificate, and private key
-        to start a secure SSL-enabled server. The tuple is expected to have
-        three bytes elements in the following order:
-
-            * CA certificate.
-            * server certificate.
-            * server private key.
+    root_certificates : Optional[bytes] (default: None)
+        The PEM-encoded root certificates as a byte string. If provided,
+        a secure connection using the certificates will be established to
+        an SSL-enabled Flower server.
     invoker : Optional[RetryInvoker] (default: None)
         A `RetryInvoker` object to control the retry behavior on Driver API failures.
         If set to None, a default instance is created with an exponential backoff
@@ -61,11 +57,11 @@ class Driver:
     def __init__(
         self,
         driver_service_address: str = DEFAULT_SERVER_ADDRESS_DRIVER,
-        certificates: Optional[bytes] = None,
+        root_certificates: Optional[bytes] = None,
         invoker: Optional[RetryInvoker] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.addr = driver_service_address
-        self.certificates = certificates
+        self.root_certificates = root_certificates
         self.grpc_driver: Optional[GrpcDriver] = None
         self.workload_id: Optional[int] = None
         self.node = Node(node_id=0, anonymous=True)
@@ -88,7 +84,8 @@ def _get_grpc_driver_and_workload_id(self) -> Tuple[GrpcDriver, int]:
             if self.grpc_driver is None or self.workload_id is None:
                 # Connect and create workload
                 self.grpc_driver = GrpcDriver(
-                    driver_service_address=self.addr, certificates=self.certificates
+                    driver_service_address=self.addr,
+                    root_certificates=self.root_certificates,
                 )
                 self.grpc_driver.connect()
                 res = self.grpc_driver.create_workload(CreateWorkloadRequest())
diff --git a/src/py/flwr/driver/grpc_driver.py b/src/py/flwr/driver/grpc_driver.py
index 7dd0a0f501c5..af59c9695080 100644
--- a/src/py/flwr/driver/grpc_driver.py
+++ b/src/py/flwr/driver/grpc_driver.py
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ class GrpcDriver:
     def __init__(
         self,
         driver_service_address: str = DEFAULT_SERVER_ADDRESS_DRIVER,
-        certificates: Optional[bytes] = None,
+        root_certificates: Optional[bytes] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.driver_service_address = driver_service_address
-        self.certificates = certificates
+        self.root_certificates = root_certificates
         self.channel: Optional[grpc.Channel] = None
         self.stub: Optional[DriverStub] = None
 
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ def connect(self) -> None:
             return
         self.channel = create_channel(
             server_address=self.driver_service_address,
-            insecure=(self.certificates is None),
-            root_certificates=self.certificates,
+            insecure=(self.root_certificates is None),
+            root_certificates=self.root_certificates,
         )
         self.stub = DriverStub(self.channel)
         log(INFO, "[Driver] Connected to %s", self.driver_service_address)