diff --git a/d2compiler/compile_test.go b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
index da1947f28..dbcc86071 100644
--- a/d2compiler/compile_test.go
+++ b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
@@ -1505,20 +1505,20 @@ dst.id <-> src.dst_id
 			name: "basic_sequence",
 
 			text: `x: {
-  shape: sequence
+  shape: sequence_diagram
 }
 `,
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, g *d2graph.Graph) {
-				diff.AssertStringEq(t, "sequence", g.Objects[0].Attributes.Shape.Value)
+				diff.AssertStringEq(t, "sequence_diagram", g.Objects[0].Attributes.Shape.Value)
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "root_sequence",
 
-			text: `shape: sequence
+			text: `shape: sequence_diagram
 `,
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, g *d2graph.Graph) {
-				diff.AssertStringEq(t, "sequence", g.Root.Attributes.Shape.Value)
+				diff.AssertStringEq(t, "sequence_diagram", g.Root.Attributes.Shape.Value)
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/d2target/d2target.go b/d2target/d2target.go
index 6c15c0703..1582db666 100644
--- a/d2target/d2target.go
+++ b/d2target/d2target.go
@@ -255,29 +255,29 @@ func NewPoint(x, y int) Point {
 }
 
 const (
-	ShapeRectangle     = "rectangle"
-	ShapeSquare        = "square"
-	ShapePage          = "page"
-	ShapeParallelogram = "parallelogram"
-	ShapeDocument      = "document"
-	ShapeCylinder      = "cylinder"
-	ShapeQueue         = "queue"
-	ShapePackage       = "package"
-	ShapeStep          = "step"
-	ShapeCallout       = "callout"
-	ShapeStoredData    = "stored_data"
-	ShapePerson        = "person"
-	ShapeDiamond       = "diamond"
-	ShapeOval          = "oval"
-	ShapeCircle        = "circle"
-	ShapeHexagon       = "hexagon"
-	ShapeCloud         = "cloud"
-	ShapeText          = "text"
-	ShapeCode          = "code"
-	ShapeClass         = "class"
-	ShapeSQLTable      = "sql_table"
-	ShapeImage         = "image"
-	ShapeSequence      = "sequence"
+	ShapeRectangle       = "rectangle"
+	ShapeSquare          = "square"
+	ShapePage            = "page"
+	ShapeParallelogram   = "parallelogram"
+	ShapeDocument        = "document"
+	ShapeCylinder        = "cylinder"
+	ShapeQueue           = "queue"
+	ShapePackage         = "package"
+	ShapeStep            = "step"
+	ShapeCallout         = "callout"
+	ShapeStoredData      = "stored_data"
+	ShapePerson          = "person"
+	ShapeDiamond         = "diamond"
+	ShapeOval            = "oval"
+	ShapeCircle          = "circle"
+	ShapeHexagon         = "hexagon"
+	ShapeCloud           = "cloud"
+	ShapeText            = "text"
+	ShapeCode            = "code"
+	ShapeClass           = "class"
+	ShapeSQLTable        = "sql_table"
+	ShapeImage           = "image"
+	ShapeSequenceDiagram = "sequence_diagram"
 )
 
 var Shapes = []string{
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ var Shapes = []string{
 	ShapeClass,
 	ShapeSQLTable,
 	ShapeImage,
-	ShapeSequence,
+	ShapeSequenceDiagram,
 }
 
 func IsShape(s string) bool {
@@ -347,30 +347,30 @@ func (text MText) GetColor(theme *d2themes.Theme, isItalic bool) string {
 }
 
 var DSL_SHAPE_TO_SHAPE_TYPE = map[string]string{
-	"":                 shape.SQUARE_TYPE,
-	ShapeRectangle:     shape.SQUARE_TYPE,
-	ShapeSquare:        shape.REAL_SQUARE_TYPE,
-	ShapePage:          shape.PAGE_TYPE,
-	ShapeParallelogram: shape.PARALLELOGRAM_TYPE,
-	ShapeDocument:      shape.DOCUMENT_TYPE,
-	ShapeCylinder:      shape.CYLINDER_TYPE,
-	ShapeQueue:         shape.QUEUE_TYPE,
-	ShapePackage:       shape.PACKAGE_TYPE,
-	ShapeStep:          shape.STEP_TYPE,
-	ShapeCallout:       shape.CALLOUT_TYPE,
-	ShapeStoredData:    shape.STORED_DATA_TYPE,
-	ShapePerson:        shape.PERSON_TYPE,
-	ShapeDiamond:       shape.DIAMOND_TYPE,
-	ShapeOval:          shape.OVAL_TYPE,
-	ShapeCircle:        shape.CIRCLE_TYPE,
-	ShapeHexagon:       shape.HEXAGON_TYPE,
-	ShapeCloud:         shape.CLOUD_TYPE,
-	ShapeText:          shape.TEXT_TYPE,
-	ShapeCode:          shape.CODE_TYPE,
-	ShapeClass:         shape.CLASS_TYPE,
-	ShapeSQLTable:      shape.TABLE_TYPE,
-	ShapeImage:         shape.IMAGE_TYPE,
-	ShapeSequence:      shape.SQUARE_TYPE,
+	"":                   shape.SQUARE_TYPE,
+	ShapeRectangle:       shape.SQUARE_TYPE,
+	ShapeSquare:          shape.REAL_SQUARE_TYPE,
+	ShapePage:            shape.PAGE_TYPE,
+	ShapeParallelogram:   shape.PARALLELOGRAM_TYPE,
+	ShapeDocument:        shape.DOCUMENT_TYPE,
+	ShapeCylinder:        shape.CYLINDER_TYPE,
+	ShapeQueue:           shape.QUEUE_TYPE,
+	ShapePackage:         shape.PACKAGE_TYPE,
+	ShapeStep:            shape.STEP_TYPE,
+	ShapeCallout:         shape.CALLOUT_TYPE,
+	ShapeStoredData:      shape.STORED_DATA_TYPE,
+	ShapePerson:          shape.PERSON_TYPE,
+	ShapeDiamond:         shape.DIAMOND_TYPE,
+	ShapeOval:            shape.OVAL_TYPE,
+	ShapeCircle:          shape.CIRCLE_TYPE,
+	ShapeHexagon:         shape.HEXAGON_TYPE,
+	ShapeCloud:           shape.CLOUD_TYPE,
+	ShapeText:            shape.TEXT_TYPE,
+	ShapeCode:            shape.CODE_TYPE,
+	ShapeClass:           shape.CLASS_TYPE,
+	ShapeSQLTable:        shape.TABLE_TYPE,
+	ShapeImage:           shape.IMAGE_TYPE,
+	ShapeSequenceDiagram: shape.SQUARE_TYPE,
 }
 
 var SHAPE_TYPE_TO_DSL_SHAPE map[string]string