diff --git a/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
index 114865935d6..84787155168 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         %fieldset.append-bottom-0
           .row
             .form-group.col-md-9
-              = f.label :name, class: 'label-light' do
+              = f.label :name, class: 'label-light', for: 'project_name_edit' do
                 Project name
               = f.text_field :name, class: "form-control", id: "project_name_edit"
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/27259-label-for-references-the-wrong-associated-text-input.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/27259-label-for-references-the-wrong-associated-text-input.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2591f161bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/27259-label-for-references-the-wrong-associated-text-input.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fix project name label's for reference in project settings
+merge_request: 8795
+author:
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/project_settings_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/project_settings_spec.rb
index 55d5d082c6e..5d0314d5c09 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/project_settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/project_settings_spec.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe 'Edit Project Settings', feature: true do
     it 'shows errors for invalid project path/name' do
       visit edit_namespace_project_path(project.namespace, project)
 
-      fill_in 'Project name', with: 'foo&bar'
+      fill_in 'project_name', with: 'foo&bar'
       fill_in 'Path', with: 'foo&bar'
 
       click_button 'Rename project'
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe 'Edit Project Settings', feature: true do
     it 'shows error for invalid project name' do
       visit edit_namespace_project_path(project.namespace, project)
 
-      fill_in 'Project name', with: '🚀 foo bar ☁️'
+      fill_in 'project_name', with: '🚀 foo bar ☁️'
 
       click_button 'Rename project'