diff --git a/watchtower/wtclient/session_negotiator.go b/watchtower/wtclient/session_negotiator.go
index e3d58c1f1..9f92ee0a6 100644
--- a/watchtower/wtclient/session_negotiator.go
+++ b/watchtower/wtclient/session_negotiator.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ var _ SessionNegotiator = (*sessionNegotiator)(nil)
 // newSessionNegotiator initializes a fresh sessionNegotiator instance.
 func newSessionNegotiator(cfg *NegotiatorConfig) *sessionNegotiator {
 	localInit := wtwire.NewInitMessage(
-		lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsRequired),
+		lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsRequired),
 		cfg.ChainHash,
 	)
 
diff --git a/watchtower/wtclient/session_queue.go b/watchtower/wtclient/session_queue.go
index 92d81ef4e..a279176a7 100644
--- a/watchtower/wtclient/session_queue.go
+++ b/watchtower/wtclient/session_queue.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ type sessionQueue struct {
 // newSessionQueue intiializes a fresh sessionQueue.
 func newSessionQueue(cfg *sessionQueueConfig) *sessionQueue {
 	localInit := wtwire.NewInitMessage(
-		lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsRequired),
+		lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsRequired),
 		cfg.ChainHash,
 	)
 
diff --git a/watchtower/wtserver/server.go b/watchtower/wtserver/server.go
index d4ee88741..3b5cbc6be 100644
--- a/watchtower/wtserver/server.go
+++ b/watchtower/wtserver/server.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ type Server struct {
 // sessions and send state updates.
 func New(cfg *Config) (*Server, error) {
 	localInit := wtwire.NewInitMessage(
-		lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsOptional),
+		lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsOptional),
 		cfg.ChainHash,
 	)
 
diff --git a/watchtower/wtwire/features.go b/watchtower/wtwire/features.go
index e407c96e2..7ba298e0a 100644
--- a/watchtower/wtwire/features.go
+++ b/watchtower/wtwire/features.go
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ import "github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
 // FeatureNames holds a mapping from each feature bit understood by this
 // implementation to its common name.
 var FeatureNames = map[lnwire.FeatureBit]string{
-	WtSessionsRequired: "wt-sessions",
-	WtSessionsOptional: "wt-sessions",
+	AltruistSessionsRequired: "altruist-sessions",
+	AltruistSessionsOptional: "altruist-sessions",
 }
 
 const (
-	// WtSessionsRequired specifies that the advertising node requires the
-	// remote party to understand the protocol for creating and updating
+	// AltruistSessionsRequired specifies that the advertising node requires
+	// the remote party to understand the protocol for creating and updating
 	// watchtower sessions.
-	WtSessionsRequired lnwire.FeatureBit = 8
+	AltruistSessionsRequired lnwire.FeatureBit = 0
 
-	// WtSessionsOptional specifies that the advertising node can support
-	// a remote party who understand the protocol for creating and updating
-	// watchtower sessions.
-	WtSessionsOptional lnwire.FeatureBit = 9
+	// AltruistSessionsOptional specifies that the advertising node can
+	// support a remote party who understand the protocol for creating and
+	// updating watchtower sessions.
+	AltruistSessionsOptional lnwire.FeatureBit = 1
 )
diff --git a/watchtower/wtwire/init_test.go b/watchtower/wtwire/init_test.go
index 337c1de25..1aee5530b 100644
--- a/watchtower/wtwire/init_test.go
+++ b/watchtower/wtwire/init_test.go
@@ -26,37 +26,37 @@ type checkRemoteInitTest struct {
 var checkRemoteInitTests = []checkRemoteInitTest{
 	{
 		name:      "same chain, local-optional remote-required",
-		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsOptional),
+		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsOptional),
 		lHash:     testnetChainHash,
-		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsRequired),
+		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsRequired),
 		rHash:     testnetChainHash,
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "same chain, local-required remote-optional",
-		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsRequired),
+		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsRequired),
 		lHash:     testnetChainHash,
-		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsOptional),
+		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsOptional),
 		rHash:     testnetChainHash,
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "different chain, local-optional remote-required",
-		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsOptional),
+		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsOptional),
 		lHash:     testnetChainHash,
-		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsRequired),
+		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsRequired),
 		rHash:     mainnetChainHash,
 		expErr:    wtwire.NewErrUnknownChainHash(mainnetChainHash),
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "different chain, local-required remote-optional",
-		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsOptional),
+		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsOptional),
 		lHash:     testnetChainHash,
-		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsRequired),
+		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsRequired),
 		rHash:     mainnetChainHash,
 		expErr:    wtwire.NewErrUnknownChainHash(mainnetChainHash),
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "same chain, remote-unknown-required",
-		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.WtSessionsOptional),
+		lFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(wtwire.AltruistSessionsOptional),
 		lHash:     testnetChainHash,
 		rFeatures: lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(lnwire.GossipQueriesRequired),
 		rHash:     testnetChainHash,