diff --git a/devel_generate/src/Plugin/DevelGenerate/MenuDevelGenerate.php b/devel_generate/src/Plugin/DevelGenerate/MenuDevelGenerate.php
index d491ab9e9237b3f40a555ca16ebd70902ce8951d..437e49568cce98c59979fbf5c33675537d14527d 100644
--- a/devel_generate/src/Plugin/DevelGenerate/MenuDevelGenerate.php
+++ b/devel_generate/src/Plugin/DevelGenerate/MenuDevelGenerate.php
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class MenuDevelGenerate extends DevelGenerateBase implements ContainerFactoryPlu
       // machine-name length is 32, so allowing for prefix 'devel-' we can have
       // up to 26 here. For safety avoid accidentally reusing the same id.
       do {
-        $id = 'devel-' . $this->getRandom()->name(mt_rand(2, 26));
+        $id = 'devel-' . $this->getRandom()->word(mt_rand(2, 26));
       } while (array_key_exists($id, $menus));
 
       $menu = $this->menuStorage->create([