diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/JsonApiReferenceFieldFormatterTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/JsonApiReferenceFieldFormatterTest.php
index d48c6109e91a00447594cb2963912245debfcab8..cf63d096301e81ccf64c90704aa631f2e630aa70 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/JsonApiReferenceFieldFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/JsonApiReferenceFieldFormatterTest.php
@@ -90,13 +90,15 @@ class JsonApiReferenceFieldFormatterTest extends JsonApiReferenceFieldBase {
    * Test the formatter setting 'label_attribute'.
    */
   public function testLabelAttributeSetting() {
-    // By setting the 'label_attribute' setting to 'created', we can expect the
-    // time the content was created to be used as the label.
-    $this->setDisplaySettings('label', 'drupal_internal__nid');
+    $this->setDisplaySettings('label', 'title');
+    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $this->referenceContent->id());
+    $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(200);
+    $this->assertSession()->responseContains("<div>{$this->referencedContent->getTitle()}</div>");
 
+    $this->setDisplaySettings('label', 'drupal_internal__nid');
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $this->referenceContent->id());
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(200);
-    $this->assertSession()->responseContains('<div>1</div>');
+    $this->assertSession()->responseContains("<div>{$this->referencedContent->id()}</div>");
 
     $this->drupalLogout();
   }