diff --git a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
index df7004f00f9..8d43c417638 100644
--- a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
+++ b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@
 * Removed ambiguity in error raised by the `PauliRot` class.
   [(#6298)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/6298)
 
+* Renamed an incorrectly named test in `test_pow_ops.py`.
+  [(#6388)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/6388)
+
 <h3>Bug fixes 🐛</h3>
 
 * `default.qutrit` now returns integer samples.
@@ -345,4 +348,4 @@ Erick Ochoa Lopez,
 Lee J. O'Riordan,
 Mudit Pandey,
 Andrija Paurevic,
-David Wierichs,
\ No newline at end of file
+David Wierichs,
diff --git a/tests/ops/op_math/test_pow_op.py b/tests/ops/op_math/test_pow_op.py
index cf13dddd7f1..b323744c56f 100644
--- a/tests/ops/op_math/test_pow_op.py
+++ b/tests/ops/op_math/test_pow_op.py
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ def test_simplify_method_with_controlled_operation(self):
         assert final_op.wires == simplified_op.wires
         assert final_op.arithmetic_depth == simplified_op.arithmetic_depth
 
-    def test_simplify_with_adjoint_not_defined(self):
+    def test_simplify_with_pow_not_defined(self):
         """Test the simplify method with an operator that has not defined the op.pow method."""
         op = Pow(qml.U2(1, 1, 0), z=3)
         simplified_op = op.simplify()