diff --git a/config/manifests/inferencemodel.yaml b/config/manifests/inferencemodel.yaml
index 4c7824ca3..9d2c9bbd5 100644
--- a/config/manifests/inferencemodel.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/inferencemodel.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
 kind: InferenceModel
 metadata:
-  name: inferencemodel-sample
+  name: tweet-summarizer
 spec:
   modelName: tweet-summary
   criticality: Critical
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
 kind: InferenceModel
 metadata:
-  name: inferencemodel-base-model
+  name: base-model
 spec:
   modelName: meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf
   criticality: Critical
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
 kind: InferenceModel
 metadata:
-  name: inferencemodel-base-model-cpu
+  name: base-model-cpu
 spec:
   modelName: Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct
   criticality: Critical
diff --git a/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencemodel.yaml b/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencemodel.yaml
index f1f46a2f1..34ea06803 100644
--- a/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencemodel.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencemodel.yaml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: api
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
-  name: inferencemodel-sample
+  name: sample-sql-assist
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   modelName: sql-code-assist
   poolRef:
-    name: inferencepool-sample
+    name: vllm-llama-31-8b-sample-pool
   targetModels:
   - name: npc-bot-v1
     weight: 50
diff --git a/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencepool.yaml b/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencepool.yaml
index 42ac62965..4993d7864 100644
--- a/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencepool.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/gateway_v1alpha1_inferencepool.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: api
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
-  name: inferencepool-sample
+  name: vllm-llama-31-8b-sample-pool
 spec:
   selector:
     app: npc-bot
diff --git a/test/testdata/inferencepool-with-model-hermetic.yaml b/test/testdata/inferencepool-with-model-hermetic.yaml
index 36b6e539d..26c057c24 100644
--- a/test/testdata/inferencepool-with-model-hermetic.yaml
+++ b/test/testdata/inferencepool-with-model-hermetic.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
 kind: InferenceModel
 metadata:
-  name: inferencemodel-sample
+  name: sample
   namespace: default
 spec:
   modelName: sql-lora
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
 kind: InferenceModel
 metadata:
-  name: inferencemodel-sheddable
+  name: sheddable
   namespace: default
 spec:
   modelName: sql-lora-sheddable
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
 kind: InferenceModel
 metadata:
-  name: inferencemodel-generic
+  name: generic
   namespace: default
 spec:
   modelName: my-model
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
 kind: InferenceModel
 metadata:
-  name: inferencemodel-direct-model-name
+  name: direct-model-name
   namespace: default
 spec:
   modelName: direct-model