diff --git a/slider-core/src/test/groovy/org/apache/slider/test/YarnZKMiniClusterTestBase.groovy b/slider-core/src/test/groovy/org/apache/slider/test/YarnZKMiniClusterTestBase.groovy
index d5d7ecf..f6b13a4 100644
--- a/slider-core/src/test/groovy/org/apache/slider/test/YarnZKMiniClusterTestBase.groovy
+++ b/slider-core/src/test/groovy/org/apache/slider/test/YarnZKMiniClusterTestBase.groovy
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
                                    int numLogDirs,
                                    boolean startZK,
                                    boolean startHDFS) {
-    createMicroZKCluster("-${name?:'zk'}", conf)
+    createMicroZKCluster("-${name?:methodName.methodName}", conf)
     conf.setBoolean(RegistryConstants.KEY_REGISTRY_ENABLED, true)
     conf.set(RegistryConstants.KEY_REGISTRY_ZK_QUORUM, ZKBinding)
     name = super.createMiniCluster(name, conf, noOfNodeManagers, numLocalDirs, numLogDirs,