diff --git a/docs/pages/subscription.md b/docs/pages/subscription.md
index f8a994b12..408b7efdb 100644
--- a/docs/pages/subscription.md
+++ b/docs/pages/subscription.md
@@ -390,21 +390,20 @@ stateDiagram-v2
     Booting --> Error
     Active --> Paused
     Active --> Finished
-    Active --> Outdated
+    Active --> Detached
     Active --> Error
-    Paused --> New
     Paused --> Booting
     Paused --> Active
-    Paused --> Outdated
+    Paused --> Detached
     Finished --> Active
-    Finished --> Outdated
+    Finished --> Detached
     Error --> New
     Error --> Booting
     Error --> Active
     Error --> Paused
     Error --> [*]
-    Outdated --> Active
-    Outdated --> [*]
+    Detached --> Active
+    Detached --> [*]
 ```
 
 ### New
@@ -438,16 +437,16 @@ A subscription is finished if the subscriber has the mode `RunMode::Once`.
 This means that the subscription is only run once and then set to finished if it reaches the end of the event stream.
 You can also reactivate the subscription if you want so that it continues.
 
-### Outdated
+### Detached
 
 If an active or finished subscription exists in the subscription store
 that does not have a subscriber in the source code with a corresponding subscriber ID,
-then this subscription is marked as outdated.
+then this subscription is marked as detached.
 This happens when either the subscriber has been deleted
 or the subscriber ID of a subscriber has changed.
 In the last case there should be a new subscription with the new subscriber ID.
 
-An outdated subscription does not automatically become active again when the subscriber exists again.
+A detached subscription does not automatically become active again when the subscriber exists again.
 This happens, for example, when an old version was deployed again during a rollback.
 
 There are two options to reactivate the subscription:
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@ $subscriptionEngine->run($criteria);
 
 ### Teardown
 
-If subscriptions are outdated, they can be cleaned up here.
+If subscriptions are detached, they can be cleaned up here.
 The subscription engine also tries to call the `teardown` method if available.
 
 ```php
diff --git a/src/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngine.php b/src/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngine.php
index 820121a8c..9c5c663ae 100644
--- a/src/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngine.php
+++ b/src/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngine.php
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public function run(
         $this->logger?->info('Subscription Engine: Start processing.');
 
         $this->discoverNewSubscriptions();
-        $this->markOutdatedSubscriptions($criteria);
+        $this->markDetachedSubscriptions($criteria);
         $this->retrySubscriptions($criteria);
 
         $this->findForUpdate(
@@ -394,13 +394,13 @@ public function teardown(SubscriptionEngineCriteria|null $criteria = null): void
 
         $this->discoverNewSubscriptions();
 
-        $this->logger?->info('Subscription Engine: Start teardown outdated subscriptions.');
+        $this->logger?->info('Subscription Engine: Start teardown detached subscriptions.');
 
         $this->findForUpdate(
             new SubscriptionCriteria(
                 ids: $criteria->ids,
                 groups: $criteria->groups,
-                status: [Status::Outdated],
+                status: [Status::Detached],
             ),
             function (array $subscriptions): void {
                 foreach ($subscriptions as $subscription) {
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ public function reactivate(SubscriptionEngineCriteria|null $criteria = null): vo
                 groups: $criteria->groups,
                 status: [
                     Status::Error,
-                    Status::Outdated,
+                    Status::Detached,
                     Status::Paused,
                     Status::Finished,
                 ],
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ private function subscriber(string $subscriberId): SubscriberAccessor|null
         return $this->subscriberRepository->get($subscriberId);
     }
 
-    private function markOutdatedSubscriptions(SubscriptionEngineCriteria $criteria): void
+    private function markDetachedSubscriptions(SubscriptionEngineCriteria $criteria): void
     {
         $this->findForUpdate(
             new SubscriptionCriteria(
@@ -726,12 +726,12 @@ function (array $subscriptions): void {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    $subscription->outdated();
+                    $subscription->detached();
                     $this->subscriptionStore->update($subscription);
 
                     $this->logger?->info(
                         sprintf(
-                            'Subscription Engine: Subscriber for "%s" not found and has been marked as outdated.',
+                            'Subscription Engine: Subscriber for "%s" not found and has been marked as detached.',
                             $subscription->id(),
                         ),
                     );
diff --git a/src/Subscription/Status.php b/src/Subscription/Status.php
index 24f49f1be..91b32d193 100644
--- a/src/Subscription/Status.php
+++ b/src/Subscription/Status.php
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ enum Status: string
     case Active = 'active';
     case Paused = 'paused';
     case Finished = 'finished';
-    case Outdated = 'outdated';
+    case Detached = 'detached';
     case Error = 'error';
 }
diff --git a/src/Subscription/Subscription.php b/src/Subscription/Subscription.php
index 5fc87c31f..66b5514f2 100644
--- a/src/Subscription/Subscription.php
+++ b/src/Subscription/Subscription.php
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ public function isFinished(): bool
         return $this->status === Status::Finished;
     }
 
-    public function outdated(): void
+    public function detached(): void
     {
-        $this->status = Status::Outdated;
+        $this->status = Status::Detached;
     }
 
-    public function isOutdated(): bool
+    public function isDetached(): bool
     {
-        return $this->status === Status::Outdated;
+        return $this->status === Status::Detached;
     }
 
     public function error(Throwable|string $error): void
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngineTest.php b/tests/Unit/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngineTest.php
index c0a168596..7328de74c 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngineTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Subscription/Engine/DefaultSubscriptionEngineTest.php
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ public function testRunningMarkOutdated(): void
                 $subscriptionId,
                 Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
                 RunMode::FromBeginning,
-                Status::Outdated,
+                Status::Detached,
                 0,
             ),
         ], $subscriptionStore->updatedSubscriptions);
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ class {
             $subscriptionId,
             Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
             RunMode::FromBeginning,
-            Status::Outdated,
+            Status::Detached,
         );
 
         $subscriptionStore = new DummySubscriptionStore([$subscription]);
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ public function drop(): void
             $subscriptionId,
             Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
             RunMode::FromBeginning,
-            Status::Outdated,
+            Status::Detached,
         );
 
         $subscriptionStore = new DummySubscriptionStore([$subscription]);
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ public function drop(): void
                 $subscriptionId,
                 Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
                 RunMode::FromBeginning,
-                Status::Outdated,
+                Status::Detached,
             ),
         ]);
 
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ public function testTeardownWithoutSubscriber(): void
                 $subscriberId,
                 Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
                 RunMode::FromBeginning,
-                Status::Outdated,
+                Status::Detached,
             ),
         ]);
 
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ public function drop(): void
             $subscriptionId,
             Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
             RunMode::FromBeginning,
-            Status::Outdated,
+            Status::Detached,
         );
         $subscriptionStore = new DummySubscriptionStore([$subscription]);
 
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ class {
             $subscriptionId,
             Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
             RunMode::FromBeginning,
-            Status::Outdated,
+            Status::Detached,
         );
         $subscriptionStore = new DummySubscriptionStore([$subscription]);
 
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ public function drop(): void
             $subscriptionId,
             Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
             RunMode::FromBeginning,
-            Status::Outdated,
+            Status::Detached,
         );
         $subscriptionStore = new DummySubscriptionStore([$subscription]);
 
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ public function testRemoveWithoutSubscriber(): void
             $subscriberId,
             Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
             RunMode::FromBeginning,
-            Status::Outdated,
+            Status::Detached,
         );
         $subscriptionStore = new DummySubscriptionStore([$subscription]);
 
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ class {
                 $subscriptionId,
                 Subscription::DEFAULT_GROUP,
                 RunMode::FromBeginning,
-                Status::Outdated,
+                Status::Detached,
             ),
         ]);
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Subscription/SubscriptionTest.php b/tests/Unit/Subscription/SubscriptionTest.php
index 8f7f84dad..f1b5aea78 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Subscription/SubscriptionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Subscription/SubscriptionTest.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public function testCreate(): void
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isBooting());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isActive());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isError());
-        self::assertFalse($subscription->isOutdated());
+        self::assertFalse($subscription->isDetached());
     }
 
     public function testBooting(): void
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public function testBooting(): void
         self::assertTrue($subscription->isBooting());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isActive());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isError());
-        self::assertFalse($subscription->isOutdated());
+        self::assertFalse($subscription->isDetached());
     }
 
     public function testActive(): void
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testActive(): void
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isBooting());
         self::assertTrue($subscription->isActive());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isError());
-        self::assertFalse($subscription->isOutdated());
+        self::assertFalse($subscription->isDetached());
     }
 
     public function testError(): void
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public function testError(): void
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isBooting());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isActive());
         self::assertTrue($subscription->isError());
-        self::assertFalse($subscription->isOutdated());
+        self::assertFalse($subscription->isDetached());
         self::assertEquals(
             new SubscriptionError(
                 'test',
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ public function testOutdated(): void
             'test',
         );
 
-        $subscription->outdated();
+        $subscription->detached();
 
-        self::assertEquals(Status::Outdated, $subscription->status());
+        self::assertEquals(Status::Detached, $subscription->status());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isNew());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isBooting());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isActive());
         self::assertFalse($subscription->isError());
-        self::assertTrue($subscription->isOutdated());
+        self::assertTrue($subscription->isDetached());
     }
 
     public function testChangePosition(): void