diff --git a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
index 3549606c2dbc5..ec2c3667fd636 100644
--- a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -309,9 +309,24 @@ public function executeQuery(): IResult {
 		throw new \RuntimeException('Invalid return type for query');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Monkey-patched compatibility layer for apps that were adapted for Nextcloud 22 before
+	 * the first beta, where executeStatement was named executeUpdate.
+	 *
+	 * Static analysis should catch those misuses, but until then let's try to keep things
+	 * running.
+	 *
+	 * @internal
+	 * @deprecated
+	 * @todo drop ASAP
+	 */
 	public function executeUpdate(): int {
+		return $this->executeStatement();
+	}
+
+	public function executeStatement(): int {
 		if ($this->getType() === \Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder::SELECT) {
-			throw new \RuntimeException('Invalid query type, expected INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE query');
+			throw new \RuntimeException('Invalid query type, expected INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE statement');
 		}
 
 		try {
@@ -321,7 +336,7 @@ public function executeUpdate(): int {
 		}
 
 		if (!is_int($result)) {
-			throw new \RuntimeException('Invalid return type for query');
+			throw new \RuntimeException('Invalid return type for statement');
 		}
 
 		return $result;
diff --git a/lib/public/AppFramework/Db/QBMapper.php b/lib/public/AppFramework/Db/QBMapper.php
index ac6520a9d036e..f1450b5dd4cc4 100644
--- a/lib/public/AppFramework/Db/QBMapper.php
+++ b/lib/public/AppFramework/Db/QBMapper.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public function delete(Entity $entity): Entity {
 			->where(
 				$qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createNamedParameter($entity->getId(), $idType))
 			);
-		$qb->executeUpdate();
+		$qb->executeStatement();
 		return $entity;
 	}
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public function insert(Entity $entity): Entity {
 			$qb->setValue($column, $qb->createNamedParameter($value, $type));
 		}
 
-		$qb->executeUpdate();
+		$qb->executeStatement();
 
 		if ($entity->id === null) {
 			// When autoincrement is used id is always an int
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public function update(Entity $entity): Entity {
 		$qb->where(
 			$qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createNamedParameter($id, $idType))
 		);
-		$qb->executeUpdate();
+		$qb->executeStatement();
 
 		return $entity;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
index a4f3f3b10b0ce..fa861ed6ee8bb 100644
--- a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public function getState();
 	/**
 	 * Executes this query using the bound parameters and their types.
 	 *
-	 * Uses {@see Connection::executeQuery} for select statements and {@see Connection::executeUpdate}
+	 * Uses {@see Connection::executeQuery} for select statements and {@see Connection::executeStatement}
 	 * for insert, update and delete statements.
 	 *
 	 * Warning: until Nextcloud 20, this method could return a \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Statement but since
@@ -175,15 +175,15 @@ public function execute();
 	public function executeQuery(): IResult;
 
 	/**
-	 * Execute  for insert, update and delete statements
+	 * Execute insert, update and delete statements
 	 *
-	 * @return int
+	 * @return int the number of affected rows
 	 * @since 22.0.0
 	 *
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 * @throws \RuntimeException in case of usage with select query
 	 */
-	public function executeUpdate(): int;
+	public function executeStatement(): int;
 
 	/**
 	 * Gets the complete SQL string formed by the current specifications of this QueryBuilder.