diff --git a/pkg/compose/create.go b/pkg/compose/create.go
index 3e5590e91..639c1fba3 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/create.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/create.go
@@ -1363,7 +1363,6 @@ func (s *composeService) resolveExternalNetwork(ctx context.Context, n *types.Ne
 
 	switch len(networks) {
 	case 1:
-		n.Name = networks[0].ID
 		return nil
 	case 0:
 		enabled, err := s.isSWarmEnabled(ctx)
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/watch_test.go b/pkg/e2e/watch_test.go
index 4f7ebda25..d7b56435e 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/watch_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/watch_test.go
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ func TestRebuildOnDotEnvWithExternalNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 				errors)
 	}, 30*time.Second, 1*time.Second)
 
-	n := c.RunDockerCmd(t, "network", "inspect", networkName, "-f", "{{ .Id }}")
 	pn := c.RunDockerCmd(t, "inspect", containerName, "-f", "{{ .HostConfig.NetworkMode }}")
-	assert.Equal(t, pn.Stdout(), n.Stdout())
+	assert.Equal(t, strings.TrimSpace(pn.Stdout()), networkName)
 
 	t.Log("create a dotenv file that will be used to trigger the rebuild")
 	err = os.WriteFile(dotEnvFilepath, []byte("HELLO=WORLD\nTEST=REBUILD"), 0o666)
@@ -119,9 +118,8 @@ func TestRebuildOnDotEnvWithExternalNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 		return true, fmt.Sprintf("container %s was rebuilt", containerName)
 	}, 30*time.Second, 1*time.Second)
 
-	n2 := c.RunDockerCmd(t, "network", "inspect", networkName, "-f", "{{ .Id }}")
 	pn2 := c.RunDockerCmd(t, "inspect", containerName, "-f", "{{ .HostConfig.NetworkMode }}")
-	assert.Equal(t, pn2.Stdout(), n2.Stdout())
+	assert.Equal(t, strings.TrimSpace(pn2.Stdout()), networkName)
 
 	assert.Check(t, !strings.Contains(r.Combined(), "Application failed to start after update"))