diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 150045ce..33b020f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ spec:
                 Team: ($expectedTeam)
 ```
 
-Finally, we can always access the current resource, policy and rule being evaluated using the builtin `$resource`, `$policy` and `$rule` bindings. No protection is made to prevent you from overriding those bindings though.
+Finally, we can always access the current payload, policy and rule being evaluated using the builtin `$payload`, `$policy` and `$rule` bindings. No protection is made to prevent you from overriding those bindings though.
 
 #### Escaping projection
 
diff --git a/pkg/json-engine/engine.go b/pkg/json-engine/engine.go
index f5b5ef2a..08fe4cc8 100644
--- a/pkg/json-engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/json-engine/engine.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func New() engine.Engine[JsonEngineRequest, JsonEngineResponse] {
 		var requests []request
 		bindings := jpbinding.NewBindings()
 		for _, resource := range r.Resources {
-			bindings = bindings.Register("$resource", jpbinding.NewBinding(resource))
+			bindings = bindings.Register("$payload", jpbinding.NewBinding(resource))
 			for _, policy := range r.Policies {
 				bindings = bindings.Register("$policy", jpbinding.NewBinding(policy))
 				for _, rule := range policy.Spec.Rules {
diff --git a/website/docs/jp.md b/website/docs/jp.md
index 28ac9f46..80ec0656 100644
--- a/website/docs/jp.md
+++ b/website/docs/jp.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The current resource, policy and rule are always available using the following b
 
 | Binding | Usage |
 |---|---|
-| `$resource` | Current resource being analysed |
+| `$payload` | Current payload being analysed |
 | `$policy` | Current policy being executed |
 | `$rule` | Current rule being evaluated |
 
diff --git a/website/docs/policies/explicit-bindings.md b/website/docs/policies/explicit-bindings.md
index 8b30b5db..499c7996 100644
--- a/website/docs/policies/explicit-bindings.md
+++ b/website/docs/policies/explicit-bindings.md
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ spec:
                 Team: ($expectedTeam)
 ```
 
-Finally, we can always access the current resource, policy and rule being evaluated using the builtin `$resource`, `$policy` and `$rule` bindings. No protection is made to prevent you from overriding those bindings though.
+Finally, we can always access the current payload, policy and rule being evaluated using the builtin `$payload`, `$policy` and `$rule` bindings. No protection is made to prevent you from overriding those bindings though.