diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/patches/connection.rb b/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/patches/connection.rb
index 515e8262a..f8cde570f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/patches/connection.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/patches/connection.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ module PG
       module Patches
         # Module to prepend to PG::Connection for instrumentation
         module Connection # rubocop:disable Metrics/ModuleLength
+          # Capture the first word (including letters, digits, underscores, & '.', ) that follows common table commands
+          TABLE_NAME = /\b(?:FROM|INTO|UPDATE|CREATE\s+TABLE(?:\s+IF\s+NOT\s+EXISTS)?|DROP\s+TABLE(?:\s+IF\s+EXISTS)?|ALTER\s+TABLE(?:\s+IF\s+EXISTS)?)\s+([\w\.]+)/i
+
           PG::Constants::EXEC_ISH_METHODS.each do |method|
             define_method method do |*args, &block|
               span_name, attrs = span_attrs(:query, *args)
@@ -129,10 +132,7 @@ def validated_operation(operation)
           end
 
           def collection_name(text)
-            # Capture the first word (including letters, digits, underscores, & '.', ) that follows common table commands
-            pattern = /\b(?:FROM|INTO|UPDATE|CREATE\s+TABLE(?:\s+IF\s+NOT\s+EXISTS)?|DROP\s+TABLE\s+IF\s+EXISTS)\s+([\w\.]+)/i
-
-            text.scan(pattern).flatten[0]
+            text.scan(TABLE_NAME).flatten[0]
           end
 
           def client_attributes
diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json b/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json
index e17ac991b..c897ddb21 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json
@@ -5,54 +5,50 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "select_count_from",
-      "sql": "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name WHERE condition"
+      "sql": "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test_table WHERE condition"
     },
     {
       "name": "from_with_subquery",
-      "sql": "SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table_name) AS table_alias"
+      "sql": "SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM test_table) AS table_alias"
     },
     {
       "name": "insert_into",
       "sql": "INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2) VALUES (value1, value2)"
     },
-    {
-      "name": "drop_table",
-      "sql": "DROP TABLE table_name"
-    },
     {
       "name": "update",
-      "sql": "UPDATE table_name SET column1 = value1 WHERE condition"
+      "sql": "UPDATE test_table SET column1 = value1 WHERE condition"
     },
     {
       "name": "delete_from",
-      "sql": "DELETE FROM table_name WHERE condition"
+      "sql": "DELETE FROM test_table WHERE condition"
     },
     {
       "name": "create_table",
-      "sql": "CREATE TABLE table_name (column1 datatype, column2 datatype)"
+      "sql": "CREATE TABLE test_table (column1 datatype, column2 datatype)"
     },
     {
       "name": "create_table_if_not_exists",
-      "sql": "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS table_name (column1 datatype, column2 datatype)"
+      "sql": "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_table (column1 datatype, column2 datatype)"
     },
     {
       "name": "alter_table",
-      "sql": "ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column_name datatype"
+      "sql": "ALTER TABLE test_table ADD column_name datatype"
     },
     {
       "name": "drop_table",
-      "sql": "DROP TABLE table_name"
+      "sql": "DROP TABLE test_table"
     },
     {
       "name": "drop_table_if_exists",
-      "sql": "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_name"
+      "sql": "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_table"
     },
     {
       "name": "insert_into",
-      "sql": "INSERT INTO X values('', 'a''b c',0, 1 , 'd''e f''s h')"
+      "sql": "INSERT INTO test_table values('', 'a''b c',0, 1 , 'd''e f''s h')"
     },
     {
       "name": "from_with_join",
-      "sql": "SELECT columns FROM table1 JOIN table2 ON table1.column = table2.column"
+      "sql": "SELECT columns FROM test_table JOIN table2 ON table1.column = table2.column"
     }
   ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb b/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb
index d3f184451..1c7592a7c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def self.load_fixture
         define_method(:"test_sql_table_name_#{name}") do
           table_name = client.send(:collection_name, query)
 
-          assert_equal('table_name', table_name) # TODO: use an expected name from fixtures or update fixtures to always use "table_name"
+          assert_equal('test_table', table_name) # TODO: use an expected name from fixtures or update fixtures to always use "table_name"
         end
       end
     end