diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/app/snow_connector.py b/src/snowflake/cli/app/snow_connector.py
index d2806b7cd5..b7b5432307 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/app/snow_connector.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/app/snow_connector.py
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
 
 import snowflake.connector
 from click.exceptions import ClickException
-from snowflake.cli.api.config import get_connection_dict, get_default_connection_dict
+from snowflake.cli.api.cli_global_context import cli_context
+from snowflake.cli.api.config import (
+    get_connection_dict,
+    get_default_connection_dict,
+    get_default_connection_name,
+)
 from snowflake.cli.api.constants import DEFAULT_SIZE_LIMIT_MB
 from snowflake.cli.api.exceptions import (
     InvalidConnectionConfiguration,
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ def connect_to_snowflake(
         connection_parameters = {}  # we will apply overrides in next step
     else:
         connection_parameters = get_default_connection_dict()
+        cli_context.connection_context.set_connection_name(
+            get_default_connection_name()
+        )
 
     # Apply overrides to connection details
     for key, value in overrides.items():
diff --git a/tests_integration/test_connection.py b/tests_integration/test_connection.py
index e6bc70b2f7..4128c2e1fc 100644
--- a/tests_integration/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests_integration/test_connection.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 def test_connection_test_simple(runner):
     result = runner.invoke_with_connection_json(["connection", "test"])
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    assert result.json["Connection name"] == "integration"
     assert result.json["Status"] == "OK"