diff --git a/tests/test_optional/test_figure_factory/test_figure_factory.py b/tests/test_optional/test_figure_factory/test_figure_factory.py
index c4dac583204..2023208dcc9 100644
--- a/tests/test_optional/test_figure_factory/test_figure_factory.py
+++ b/tests/test_optional/test_figure_factory/test_figure_factory.py
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ def test_colorscale(self):
         assert fig.data[-1]["marker"]["cmax"] == 1
         assert fig2.data[-1]["marker"]["cmax"] == 1
 
-    def check_pole_labels(self):
+    def test_pole_labels(self):
         a, b = np.mgrid[0:1:20j, 0:1:20j]
         mask = a + b < 1.0
         a = a[mask].ravel()