diff --git a/changes/1912-fix-cpu-bug b/changes/1912-fix-cpu-bug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2ccf4c0fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1912-fix-cpu-bug
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes frontend CPU type bug from API change that was not reflected in frontend UI or tests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.jsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.jsx
index 0cf01eeeaa..80ab294597 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.jsx
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ export class HostDetailsPage extends Component {
       pick(host, [
         "status",
         "memory",
-        "host_cpu",
+        "cpu_type",
         "os_version",
         "enroll_secret_name",
         "detail_updated_at",
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ export class HostDetailsPage extends Component {
               </div>
               <div className="info__item info__item--title">
                 <span className="info__header">CPU</span>
-                <span className="info__data">{titleData.host_cpu}</span>
+                <span className="info__data">{titleData.cpu_type}</span>
               </div>
               <div className="info__item info__item--title">
                 <span className="info__header">OS</span>
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/HostTableConfig.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/HostTableConfig.tsx
index 4030cae36a..27a22e47dc 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/HostTableConfig.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/HostTableConfig.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ const allHostTableHeaders: IHostDataColumn[] = [
     title: "CPU",
     Header: "CPU",
     disableSortBy: true,
-    accessor: "host_cpu",
+    accessor: "cpu_type",
     Cell: (cellProps) => <TextCell value={cellProps.cell.value} />,
   },
   {
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ const allHostTableHeaders: IHostDataColumn[] = [
 
 const defaultHiddenColumns = [
   "primary_mac",
-  "host_cpu",
+  "cpu_type",
   "memory",
   "uptime",
   "uuid",
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js
index daa9344272..f0d95c3e54 100644
--- a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const parseEntityFunc = (host) => {
   }
 
   const additionalAttrs = {
-    host_cpu: hostCpuOutput,
+    cpu_type: hostCpuOutput,
     target_type: "hosts",
   };
 
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.tests.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.tests.js
index cdfabb492b..349ec1c1eb 100644
--- a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.tests.js
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.tests.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe("reduxConfig - hosts helpers", () => {
         cpu_brand: "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz",
         cpu_physical_cores: 2,
       };
-      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual("2 x 1.9 GHz");
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).cpu_type).toEqual("2 x 1.9 GHz");
     });
 
     it("parses a host missing clock speed", () => {
@@ -15,26 +15,26 @@ describe("reduxConfig - hosts helpers", () => {
         cpu_brand: "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-242",
         cpu_physical_cores: 2,
       };
-      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual("2 x Unknown GHz");
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).cpu_type).toEqual("2 x Unknown GHz");
     });
 
     it("parses a host missing CPU brand", () => {
       const host = {
         cpu_physical_cores: 2,
       };
-      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual("2 x Unknown GHz");
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).cpu_type).toEqual("2 x Unknown GHz");
     });
 
     it("parses a host missing CPU cores", () => {
       const host = {
         cpu_brand: "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz",
       };
-      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual("Unknown x 1.9 GHz");
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).cpu_type).toEqual("Unknown x 1.9 GHz");
     });
 
     it("parses a host missing CPU info entirely", () => {
       const host = {};
-      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual(null);
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).cpu_type).toEqual(null);
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/targets/helpers.tests.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/targets/helpers.tests.js
index 0cb16a17f5..d8dfb98817 100644
--- a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/targets/helpers.tests.js
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/targets/helpers.tests.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("targets - helpers", () => {
           id: 3,
           cpu_brand: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6267U CPU @ 2.90GHz",
           cpu_physical_cores: 2,
-          host_cpu: "2 x 2.9 GHz",
+          cpu_type: "2 x 2.9 GHz",
           label: "OS X El Capitan 10.11",
           name: "osx-10.11",
           platform: "darwin",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe("targets - helpers", () => {
           id: 4,
           cpu_brand: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6267U CPU @ 2.90GHz",
           cpu_physical_cores: 2,
-          host_cpu: "2 x 2.9 GHz",
+          cpu_type: "2 x 2.9 GHz",
           label: "Jason Meller's Macbook Pro",
           name: "jmeller.local",
           platform: "darwin",
diff --git a/frontend/test/stubs.ts b/frontend/test/stubs.ts
index 0b07a75902..6203a19832 100644
--- a/frontend/test/stubs.ts
+++ b/frontend/test/stubs.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const hostStub = {
   code_name: "",
   uptime: 45469000000000,
   memory: 2094940160,
-  cpu_type: "6",
+  cpu_type: "1 x 2.4Ghz",
   cpu_subtype: "78",
   cpu_brand: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6267U CPU @ 2.90GHz",
   cpu_physical_cores: 2,
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export const hostStub = {
   status: "online",
   display_text: "52883a0ba916",
   target_type: "hosts",
-  host_cpu: "1 x 2.4Ghz",
 };
 
 export const labelStub = {