diff --git a/sys/include/suit/transport/coap.h b/sys/include/suit/transport/coap.h
index aaf9902072..2608b97420 100644
--- a/sys/include/suit/transport/coap.h
+++ b/sys/include/suit/transport/coap.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define SUIT_TRANSPORT_COAP_H
 
 #include "net/nanocoap.h"
+#include "suit/transport/worker.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -33,8 +34,14 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /**
  * @brief    Start SUIT CoAP thread
+ *
+ * @deprecated This is an alias for @ref suit_worker_run and will be removed
+ *             after after the 2023.01 release.
  */
-void suit_coap_run(void);
+static inline void suit_coap_run(void)
+{
+    suit_worker_run();
+}
 
 /**
  * @brief SUIT CoAP endpoint entry.
@@ -82,10 +89,16 @@ extern const coap_resource_subtree_t coap_resource_subtree_suit;
 /**
  * @brief   Trigger a SUIT udate
  *
+ * @deprecated This is an alias for @ref suit_worker_trigger and will be removed
+ *             after after the 2023.01 release.
+ *
  * @param[in] url       url pointer containing the full coap url to the manifest
  * @param[in] len       length of the url
  */
-void suit_coap_trigger(const uint8_t *url, size_t len);
+static inline void suit_coap_trigger(const uint8_t *url, size_t len)
+{
+    suit_worker_trigger((const char *)url, len);
+}
 
 #endif /* DOXYGEN */
 
diff --git a/sys/include/suit/transport/worker.h b/sys/include/suit/transport/worker.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a6ce1dee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/include/suit/transport/worker.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *               2019 Inria
+ *               2019 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     sys_suit
+ * @defgroup    sys_suit_transport_worker SUIT firmware worker thread
+ * @brief       SUIT secure firmware updates worker thread
+ *
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @brief       SUIT CoAP helper API
+ * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ * @author      Francisco Molina <francois-xavier.molina@inria.fr>
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SUIT_TRANSPORT_WORKER_H
+#define SUIT_TRANSPORT_WORKER_H
+
+#include "net/nanocoap.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief    Start SUIT worker thread
+ */
+void suit_worker_run(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Trigger a SUIT udate
+ *
+ * @param[in] url       url pointer containing the full coap url to the manifest
+ * @param[in] len       length of the url
+ */
+void suit_worker_trigger(const char *url, size_t len);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* SUIT_TRANSPORT_WORKER_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/sys/suit/transport/worker.c b/sys/suit/transport/worker.c
index aec50fd191..de30afe0f0 100644
--- a/sys/suit/transport/worker.c
+++ b/sys/suit/transport/worker.c
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ static void *_suit_worker_thread(void *arg)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-void suit_coap_run(void)
+void suit_worker_run(void)
 {
     thread_create(_stack, SUIT_WORKER_STACKSIZE, SUIT_COAP_WORKER_PRIO,
                   THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST,
                   _suit_worker_thread, NULL, "suit worker");
 }
 
-void suit_coap_trigger(const uint8_t *url, size_t len)
+void suit_worker_trigger(const char *url, size_t len)
 {
     memcpy(_url, url, len);
     _url[len] = '\0';