diff --git a/crates/db/src/authority.rs b/crates/db/src/authority.rs
index 2ee78d5..dc2468f 100644
--- a/crates/db/src/authority.rs
+++ b/crates/db/src/authority.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use sqlx::Row;
 
 use crate::audit;
 
+const AUTHORITY_ENTITY_TYPE: &str = "authority";
+
 /// Labels aggregated per row as JSON, to read an authority and its labels in one query.
 const LABELS_JSON: &str = "COALESCE(json_agg(json_build_object('lang', al.lang, 'label', al.label) \
      ORDER BY al.lang) FILTER (WHERE al.authority_id IS NOT NULL), '[]'::json)";
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ pub async fn create_authority(
         &NewAuditEvent {
             actor,
             action: AuditAction::Created,
-            entity_type: "authority".to_owned(),
+            entity_type: AUTHORITY_ENTITY_TYPE.to_owned(),
             entity_id: id.to_uuid(),
             changes: Vec::new(),
         },
diff --git a/crates/db/src/vocab.rs b/crates/db/src/vocab.rs
index 660b8bb..9bc558a 100644
--- a/crates/db/src/vocab.rs
+++ b/crates/db/src/vocab.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ use sqlx::Row;
 
 use crate::audit;
 
+const VOCABULARY_ENTITY_TYPE: &str = "vocabulary";
+const TERM_ENTITY_TYPE: &str = "term";
+
 /// Labels aggregated per row as JSON, to read a term and its labels in one query.
 const LABELS_JSON: &str = "COALESCE(json_agg(json_build_object('lang', tl.lang, 'label', tl.label) \
      ORDER BY tl.lang) FILTER (WHERE tl.term_id IS NOT NULL), '[]'::json)";
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ pub async fn create_vocabulary(
         &NewAuditEvent {
             actor,
             action: AuditAction::Created,
-            entity_type: "vocabulary".to_owned(),
+            entity_type: VOCABULARY_ENTITY_TYPE.to_owned(),
             entity_id: id.to_uuid(),
             changes: Vec::new(),
         },
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ pub async fn add_term(
         &NewAuditEvent {
             actor,
             action: AuditAction::Created,
-            entity_type: "term".to_owned(),
+            entity_type: TERM_ENTITY_TYPE.to_owned(),
             entity_id: id.to_uuid(),
             changes: Vec::new(),
         },