diff --git a/packages/kubernetes/_dev/benchmark/rally/statecontainer-benchmark/template.ndjson b/packages/kubernetes/_dev/benchmark/rally/statecontainer-benchmark/template.ndjson
index 0a5ffaf2ae2..c4a025ddaa4 100644
--- a/packages/kubernetes/_dev/benchmark/rally/statecontainer-benchmark/template.ndjson
+++ b/packages/kubernetes/_dev/benchmark/rally/statecontainer-benchmark/template.ndjson
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                     "bytes": {{ $memory_limit_bytes }}
                 }
             },
-            "name": "coredns",
+            "name": "{{ $container_name }}",
             "cpu": {
                 "request": {
                     "cores": {{ $cpu_request_cores }}