diff --git a/rust/src/storage/db/mod.rs b/rust/src/storage/db/mod.rs
index 8bb0453c8c..bfbf081fa7 100644
--- a/rust/src/storage/db/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/src/storage/db/mod.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub trait Transaction: Send {
 /// Each pool maps the values its database driver hands back into this common
 /// set, so callers can work with one representation regardless of engine.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub enum Value {
+pub enum DbValue {
     /// A SQL `NULL`.
     Null,
     Bool(bool),
@@ -107,24 +107,24 @@ pub enum Value {
 /// A row of data returned from the database by a query.
 ///
 /// Each pool converts the cells its database driver hands back into the
-/// engine-agnostic [`Value`] representation, so a row is simply a list of them.
+/// engine-agnostic [`DbValue`] representation, so a row is simply a list of them.
 /// Values are pulled out by their numeric index with [`RowExt::try_get`].
-pub type Row = Vec<Value>;
+pub type Row = Vec<DbValue>;
 
 /// Extension methods for reading typed values out of a [`Row`].
 ///
 /// Modelled after [`tokio_postgres::Row`]'s `try_get`: [`try_get`](Self::try_get)
-/// converts the [`Value`] at a given index into the requested type via
-/// [`FromValue`] (our analogue of `tokio-postgres`'s `FromSql`).
+/// converts the [`DbValue`] at a given index into the requested type via
+/// [`FromDbValue`] (our analogue of `tokio-postgres`'s `FromSql`).
 pub trait RowExt {
     /// Deserializes a value from the row, specified by its numeric index,
     /// returning an error if the index is out of bounds or the value cannot be
     /// converted into `T`.
-    fn try_get<T: FromValue>(&self, index: usize) -> Result<T, anyhow::Error>;
+    fn try_get<T: FromDbValue>(&self, index: usize) -> Result<T, anyhow::Error>;
 }
 
 impl RowExt for Row {
-    fn try_get<T: FromValue>(&self, index: usize) -> Result<T, anyhow::Error> {
+    fn try_get<T: FromDbValue>(&self, index: usize) -> Result<T, anyhow::Error> {
         let value = self.get(index).cloned().ok_or_else(|| {
             anyhow::anyhow!(
                 "tried to get column {index} but the row only has {} column(s)",
@@ -136,56 +136,56 @@ impl RowExt for Row {
     }
 }
 
-/// Converts a backend-agnostic [`Value`] into a concrete Rust type, analogous to
+/// Converts a backend-agnostic [`DbValue`] into a concrete Rust type, analogous to
 /// `tokio-postgres`'s `FromSql`.
-pub trait FromValue: Sized {
-    fn from_value(value: Value) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error>;
+pub trait FromDbValue: Sized {
+    fn from_value(value: DbValue) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error>;
 }
 
-impl FromValue for bool {
-    fn from_value(value: Value) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+impl FromDbValue for bool {
+    fn from_value(value: DbValue) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
         match value {
-            Value::Bool(b) => Ok(b),
+            DbValue::Bool(b) => Ok(b),
             // SQLite has no native boolean type and stores them as integers.
-            Value::Int(i) => Ok(i != 0),
+            DbValue::Int(i) => Ok(i != 0),
             other => anyhow::bail!("cannot read {other:?} as bool"),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl FromValue for i64 {
-    fn from_value(value: Value) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+impl FromDbValue for i64 {
+    fn from_value(value: DbValue) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
         match value {
-            Value::Int(i) => Ok(i),
-            Value::Bool(b) => Ok(b as i64),
+            DbValue::Int(i) => Ok(i),
+            DbValue::Bool(b) => Ok(b as i64),
             other => anyhow::bail!("cannot read {other:?} as i64"),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl FromValue for f64 {
-    fn from_value(value: Value) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+impl FromDbValue for f64 {
+    fn from_value(value: DbValue) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
         match value {
-            Value::Float(f) => Ok(f),
-            Value::Int(i) => Ok(i as f64),
+            DbValue::Float(f) => Ok(f),
+            DbValue::Int(i) => Ok(i as f64),
             other => anyhow::bail!("cannot read {other:?} as f64"),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl FromValue for String {
-    fn from_value(value: Value) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+impl FromDbValue for String {
+    fn from_value(value: DbValue) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
         match value {
-            Value::Text(s) => Ok(s),
+            DbValue::Text(s) => Ok(s),
             other => anyhow::bail!("cannot read {other:?} as String"),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: FromValue> FromValue for Option<T> {
-    fn from_value(value: Value) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+impl<T: FromDbValue> FromDbValue for Option<T> {
+    fn from_value(value: DbValue) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
         match value {
-            Value::Null => Ok(None),
+            DbValue::Null => Ok(None),
             other => Ok(Some(T::from_value(other)?)),
         }
     }
diff --git a/rust/src/storage/db/python_db_pool.rs b/rust/src/storage/db/python_db_pool.rs
index 70079ef402..b9fc142e3f 100644
--- a/rust/src/storage/db/python_db_pool.rs
+++ b/rust/src/storage/db/python_db_pool.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use pyo3::{
 };
 
 use crate::deferred::run_python_awaitable;
-use crate::storage::db::{DatabasePool, Row, Transaction, Value};
+use crate::storage::db::{DatabasePool, DbValue, Row, Transaction};
 
 /// The database engines we support in the Python side of Synapse
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ impl Transaction for LoggingTransactionWrapper {
             self.execute(py, sql, args.as_any())?;
 
             // Pull the rows back out, converting each cell from its Python type
-            // into the engine-agnostic `Value` representation as we go.
+            // into the engine-agnostic `DbValue` representation as we go.
             let rows_py = self
                 .logging_transaction_py
                 .bind(py)
@@ -298,23 +298,23 @@ impl Transaction for LoggingTransactionWrapper {
     }
 }
 
-/// Convert a single cell from a Python row into a backend-agnostic [`Value`] by
+/// Convert a single cell from a Python row into a backend-agnostic [`DbValue`] by
 /// inspecting its Python type (the pyo3 equivalent of `isinstance` checks).
-fn py_cell_to_value(cell: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Value> {
+fn py_cell_to_value(cell: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<DbValue> {
     // `None` maps to SQL `NULL`.
     if cell.is_none() {
-        return Ok(Value::Null);
+        return Ok(DbValue::Null);
     }
 
     // A `bool` *is* an `int` in SQLite, so ensure we try `bool` first.
     if let Ok(b) = cell.cast::<PyBool>() {
-        Ok(Value::Bool(b.extract()?))
+        Ok(DbValue::Bool(b.extract()?))
     } else if let Ok(i) = cell.cast::<PyInt>() {
-        Ok(Value::Int(i.extract()?))
+        Ok(DbValue::Int(i.extract()?))
     } else if let Ok(f) = cell.cast::<PyFloat>() {
-        Ok(Value::Float(f.extract()?))
+        Ok(DbValue::Float(f.extract()?))
     } else if let Ok(s) = cell.cast::<PyString>() {
-        Ok(Value::Text(s.to_string()))
+        Ok(DbValue::Text(s.to_string()))
     } else {
         Err(PyTypeError::new_err(format!(
             "unsupported column type {} returned from the database",
diff --git a/rust/src/storage/db/rust_db_pool.rs b/rust/src/storage/db/rust_db_pool.rs
index be280c1f9b..94d701643f 100644
--- a/rust/src/storage/db/rust_db_pool.rs
+++ b/rust/src/storage/db/rust_db_pool.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use bb8_postgres::PostgresConnectionManager;
 use futures::future::BoxFuture;
 use postgres_native_tls::MakeTlsConnector;
 
-use crate::storage::db::{DatabasePool, Row, Transaction, Value};
+use crate::storage::db::{DatabasePool, DbValue, Row, Transaction};
 
 /// Native Rust database access backed by `tokio-postgres` (for use in synapse-rust-apps)
 pub struct RustDatabasePool {
@@ -119,25 +119,25 @@ fn tokio_row_to_row(row: &tokio_postgres::Row) -> Result<Row, anyhow::Error> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-/// Convert a single cell of a [`tokio_postgres::Row`] into a [`Value`].
+/// Convert a single cell of a [`tokio_postgres::Row`] into a [`DbValue`].
 ///
 /// Dispatch on the column's Postgres type, leaning on `tokio-postgres`'s own
 /// `FromSql` impls to read the cell. Everything is read as `Option<_>` so a SQL
-/// `NULL` becomes `Value::Null`.
-fn tokio_cell_to_value(row: &tokio_postgres::Row, index: usize) -> Result<Value, anyhow::Error> {
+/// `NULL` becomes `DbValue::Null`.
+fn tokio_cell_to_value(row: &tokio_postgres::Row, index: usize) -> Result<DbValue, anyhow::Error> {
     if let Ok(value) = row.try_get::<_, Option<bool>>(index) {
-        Ok(value.map_or(Value::Null, Value::Bool))
+        Ok(value.map_or(DbValue::Null, DbValue::Bool))
     } else if let Ok(value) = row.try_get::<_, Option<i64>>(index) {
-        Ok(value.map_or(Value::Null, Value::Int))
+        Ok(value.map_or(DbValue::Null, DbValue::Int))
     } else if let Ok(value) = row.try_get::<_, Option<f64>>(index) {
-        Ok(value.map_or(Value::Null, Value::Float))
+        Ok(value.map_or(DbValue::Null, DbValue::Float))
     } else if let Ok(value) = row.try_get::<_, Option<String>>(index) {
-        Ok(value.map_or(Value::Null, Value::Text))
+        Ok(value.map_or(DbValue::Null, DbValue::Text))
     } else {
         let ty = row.columns()[index].type_();
         anyhow::bail!(
             "Unsupported `tokio-postgres` type {} encountered when trying to convert it \
-            to our generic database `Value` type. You probably just need to implement it in `tokio_cell_to_value(...)`.",
+            to our generic database `DbValue` type. You probably just need to implement it in `tokio_cell_to_value(...)`.",
             ty
         )
     }