diff --git a/docs/resources/log.config b/docs/resources/log.config
index f36fcb1914..4fd98dcb48 100644
--- a/docs/resources/log.config
+++ b/docs/resources/log.config
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ args=(sys.stdout,)
 class=FileHandler
 level=ERROR
 formatter=fullFormatter
-args=('error.log', 'a')
+args=('error_log.txt', 'a')
 
 [formatter_fullFormatter]
 format=%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nvflare/apis/fl_constant.py b/nvflare/apis/fl_constant.py
index 058762de5e..f5604ff1db 100644
--- a/nvflare/apis/fl_constant.py
+++ b/nvflare/apis/fl_constant.py
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class WorkspaceConstants:
     DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG = LOGGING_CONFIG + ".default"
     AUDIT_LOG = "audit.log"
     LOG_FILE_NAME = "log.txt"
-    ERROR_LOG_FILE_NAME = "error.log"
+    ERROR_LOG_FILE_NAME = "error_log.txt"
     STATS_POOL_SUMMARY_FILE_NAME = "stats_pool_summary.json"
     STATS_POOL_RECORDS_FILE_NAME = "stats_pool_records.csv"
 
diff --git a/nvflare/private/fed/app/simulator/log.config b/nvflare/private/fed/app/simulator/log.config
index 3b85259cfd..19a5f1ab13 100644
--- a/nvflare/private/fed/app/simulator/log.config
+++ b/nvflare/private/fed/app/simulator/log.config
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ args=(sys.stdout,)
 class=FileHandler
 level=ERROR
 formatter=fullFormatter
-args=('error.log', 'a')
+args=('error_log.txt', 'a')
 
 [formatter_fullFormatter]
 format=%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s
diff --git a/nvflare/private/fed/client/client_executor.py b/nvflare/private/fed/client/client_executor.py
index 6d6e06cb15..4b2aceb896 100644
--- a/nvflare/private/fed/client/client_executor.py
+++ b/nvflare/private/fed/client/client_executor.py
@@ -396,13 +396,15 @@ def _wait_child_process_finish(self, client, job_id, allocated_resource, token,
 
             self.logger.info(f"run ({job_id}): child worker process finished with RC {return_code}")
 
-            should_report_error_log = False # set this to True to report error.log to server, todo: get value from client config
+            should_report_error_log = (
+                False  # set this to True to report error log to server, todo: get value from client config
+            )
             if should_report_error_log:
                 error_log_contents = None
                 workspace_object = Workspace(root_dir=workspace, site_name=client.client_name)
                 error_log_path = workspace_object.get_app_error_log_file_path(job_id=job_id)
                 if os.path.exists(error_log_path):
-                    with open(error_log_path, 'r') as f:
+                    with open(error_log_path, "r") as f:
                         error_log_contents = f.read()
                 if error_log_contents:
                     request = new_cell_message(
@@ -416,7 +418,7 @@ def _wait_child_process_finish(self, client, job_id, allocated_resource, token,
                         message=request,
                         optional=True,
                     )
-                    self.logger.info(f"Reported contents of error.log to server!")
+                    self.logger.info(f"Reported contents of error log to server!")
 
             if return_code in [ProcessExitCode.UNSAFE_COMPONENT, ProcessExitCode.CONFIG_ERROR]:
                 request = new_cell_message(
diff --git a/nvflare/private/fed/utils/fed_utils.py b/nvflare/private/fed/utils/fed_utils.py
index 60651700c9..9dc0d73de6 100644
--- a/nvflare/private/fed/utils/fed_utils.py
+++ b/nvflare/private/fed/utils/fed_utils.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def add_logfile_handler(log_file: str):
     The purpose for this is to handle dynamic log file locations.
 
     If a handler named errorFileHandler is found, it will be used as a template to
-    create a new handler for writing to the error.log file at the same directory as log_file.
+    create a new handler for writing to the error log file at the same directory as log_file.
     The original errorFileHandler will be removed and replaced by the new handler.
 
     Each log file will be rotated when it reaches 20MB.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def add_logfile_handler(log_file: str):
     if not configured_error_handler:
         return
 
-    error_log_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(log_file), "error.log")
+    error_log_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(log_file), WorkspaceConstants.ERROR_LOG_FILE_NAME)
     error_file_handler = RotatingFileHandler(error_log_file, maxBytes=20 * 1024 * 1024, backupCount=10)
     error_file_handler.setLevel(configured_error_handler.level)
     error_file_handler.setFormatter(configured_error_handler.formatter)