diff --git a/cibuildwheel/linux.py b/cibuildwheel/linux.py
index 0c6184ef..32223d80 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/linux.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/linux.py
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def build(options: Options, tmp_path: Path) -> None:  # noqa: ARG001
 
             with OCIContainer(
                 image=build_step.container_image,
-                simulate_32_bit=build_step.platform_tag.endswith("i686"),
+                enforce_32_bit=build_step.platform_tag.endswith("i686"),
                 cwd=container_project_path,
                 engine=options.globals.container_engine,
             ) as container:
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py b/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py
index 984748cd..f1ab3452 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class OCIContainer:
         self,
         *,
         image: str,
-        simulate_32_bit: bool = False,
+        enforce_32_bit: bool = False,
         cwd: PathOrStr | None = None,
         engine: OCIContainerEngineConfig = DEFAULT_ENGINE,
     ):
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class OCIContainer:
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
         self.image = image
-        self.simulate_32_bit = simulate_32_bit
+        self.enforce_32_bit = enforce_32_bit
         self.cwd = cwd
         self.name: str | None = None
         self.engine = engine
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class OCIContainer:
         if detect_ci_provider() == CIProvider.travis_ci and platform.machine() == "ppc64le":
             network_args = ["--network=host"]
 
-        simulate_32_bit = self.simulate_32_bit
+        simulate_32_bit = self.enforce_32_bit
         container_machine = call(
             self.engine.name, "run", "--rm", self.image, "uname", "-m", capture_stdout=True
         ).strip()
diff --git a/unit_test/option_prepare_test.py b/unit_test/option_prepare_test.py
index fdf77c53..180ef015 100644
--- a/unit_test/option_prepare_test.py
+++ b/unit_test/option_prepare_test.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def test_build_default_launches(monkeypatch):
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[0][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert not kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert not kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {f"{x}-manylinux_x86_64" for x in ALL_IDS}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def test_build_default_launches(monkeypatch):
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[1][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_i686" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {f"{x}-manylinux_i686" for x in ALL_IDS}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def test_build_default_launches(monkeypatch):
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[2][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/musllinux_1_1_x86_64" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert not kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert not kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def test_build_default_launches(monkeypatch):
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[3][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/musllinux_1_1_i686" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {f"{x}-musllinux_i686" for x in ALL_IDS if "pp" not in x}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ before-all = "true"
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[0][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert not kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert not kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {"cp36-manylinux_x86_64"}
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ before-all = "true"
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[1][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert not kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert not kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ before-all = "true"
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[2][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert not kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert not kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {
         f"{x}-manylinux_x86_64"
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ before-all = "true"
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[3][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_i686" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {f"{x}-manylinux_i686" for x in ALL_IDS}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ before-all = "true"
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[4][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/musllinux_1_1_x86_64" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert not kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert not kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ before-all = "true"
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[5][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/musllinux_1_2_x86_64" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert not kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert not kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {
         f"{x}-musllinux_x86_64" for x in ALL_IDS - {"cp36", "cp37", "cp38", "cp39"} if "pp" not in x
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ before-all = "true"
     kwargs = build_in_container.call_args_list[6][1]
     assert "quay.io/pypa/musllinux_1_1_i686" in kwargs["container"]["image"]
     assert kwargs["container"]["cwd"] == PurePosixPath("/project")
-    assert kwargs["container"]["simulate_32_bit"]
+    assert kwargs["container"]["enforce_32_bit"]
 
     identifiers = {x.identifier for x in kwargs["platform_configs"]}
     assert identifiers == {f"{x}-musllinux_i686" for x in ALL_IDS if "pp" not in x}