diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestOldAPITimestamp.java b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestOldAPITimestamp.java
index 960eeb34172..a935562d4d4 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestOldAPITimestamp.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestOldAPITimestamp.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TimestampTestBase;
  * run against an HRegion and against an HTable: i.e. both local and remote.
  */
 public class TestOldAPITimestamp extends HBaseClusterTestCase {
-  public static String COLUMN_NAME = "contents:";
+  public static String COLUMN_NAME = "colfamily1:";
 
   /**
    * Basic test of timestamps.