diff --git a/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md b/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
index a41222e11c6..b05d0e9450c 100644
--- a/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 - Add check in `cxx::unique_ptr::get` to avoid `nullptr` dereferencing [\#1571](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/1571)
 - Pass `CleanupCapacity` to underlying `cxx::function` in `ScopeGuard` (formerly known as `cxx::GenericRAII`) [\#1594](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/1594)
 - Add check in `RelativePointer::get` to avoid `nullptr` dereferencing [\#1596](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/1596)
+- iceoryx_posh_testing cannot find iceoryx_hoofs_testing in CMake [\#1602](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/1602)
 
 **Refactoring:**
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/testing/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx_hoofs/testing/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b3ef33e642..997a97e898d 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/testing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/testing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 iox_add_library(
     STATIC
-    TARGET                  ${PROJECT_NAME}_testing
+    TARGET                  iceoryx_hoofs_testing
     NAMESPACE               iceoryx_hoofs_testing
     PROJECT_PREFIX          ${PREFIX}
     PUBLIC_LIBS             GTest::gtest