diff --git a/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/codec/K8sNetworkJsonMatcher.java b/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/codec/K8sNetworkJsonMatcher.java
index 435de0f..73f2e58 100644
--- a/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/codec/K8sNetworkJsonMatcher.java
+++ b/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/codec/K8sNetworkJsonMatcher.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     private final K8sNetwork network;
 
     private static final String NETWORK_ID = "networkId";
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
     private static final String TYPE = "type";
     private static final String MTU = "mtu";
     private static final String SEGMENT_ID = "segmentId";
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@
             return false;
         }
 
+        // check network name
+        String jsonName = jsonNode.get(NAME).asText();
+        String name = network.name();
+        if (!jsonName.equals(name)) {
+            description.appendText("name was " + jsonName);
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // check type
         String jsonType = jsonNode.get(TYPE).asText();
         String type = network.type().name();