diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/multi_threaded_executor.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/multi_threaded_executor.cpp
index 8e61746f93..83adfb6a12 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/multi_threaded_executor.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/multi_threaded_executor.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ default_thread_attr(rclcpp::ExecutorOptions const & options)
   const rcutils_thread_attr_t * attr = std::find_if(
     attrs_beg, attrs_end,
     [&](const auto & attr) {
-      return attr.name == name;
+      return attr.tag == name;
     });
   if (attr != attrs_end) {
     return rcpputils::ThreadAttribute(*attr);
diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/single_threaded_executor.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/single_threaded_executor.cpp
index 8d3212efc9..1a3157c58d 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/single_threaded_executor.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/executors/single_threaded_executor.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ default_thread_attr(rclcpp::ExecutorOptions const & options)
   const rcutils_thread_attr_t * attr = std::find_if(
     attrs_beg, attrs_end,
     [&](const auto & attr) {
-      return attr.name == name;
+      return attr.tag == name;
     });
   if (attr != attrs_end) {
     return rcpputils::ThreadAttribute(*attr);
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_multi_threaded_executor.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_multi_threaded_executor.cpp
index 8b552a4c04..06f8347c4f 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_multi_threaded_executor.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_multi_threaded_executor.cpp
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ constexpr char const * argv[] = {
   "--ros-args",
   "--thread-attrs-value",
   R"(
-- name: RCLCPP_EXECUTOR_MULTI_THREADED
+- tag: RCLCPP_EXECUTOR_MULTI_THREADED
   scheduling_policy: FIFO
   priority: 10
   core_affinity: []
-- name: executor-1
+- tag: executor-1
   scheduling_policy: RR
   priority: 20
   core_affinity: [0]