diff --git a/tests/cases/tm2tm/scripts/test-channel-upgrade b/tests/cases/tm2tm/scripts/test-channel-upgrade
index ed3a9cae..5eed5aaf 100755
--- a/tests/cases/tm2tm/scripts/test-channel-upgrade
+++ b/tests/cases/tm2tm/scripts/test-channel-upgrade
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@ $RLY paths edit $PATH_NAME dst connection-id ''
 
 # create a new connection and save the new connection identifiers
 retry 5 $RLY tx connection $PATH_NAME
-srcConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "$PATH_NAME" '.[$path_name].src."connection-id"')
-dstConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "$PATH_NAME" '.[$path_name].dst."connection-id"')
+srcAltConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "$PATH_NAME" '.[$path_name].src."connection-id"')
+dstAltConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "$PATH_NAME" '.[$path_name].dst."connection-id"')
 
 # resume the original config.json
 mv $origconfig "$RELAYER_CONF/config/config.json"
 
 # test channel upgrade (crossing-hello)
-$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc0 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $srcConnectionId --version ics20-1
-$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc1 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $dstConnectionId --version ics20-1
+$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc0 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $srcAltConnectionId --version ics20-1
+$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc1 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $dstAltConnectionId --version ics20-1
 $RLY tx channel-upgrade execute ibc01
 pathSrcConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "$PATH_NAME" '.[$path_name].src."connection-id"')
 pathDstConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "$PATH_NAME" '.[$path_name].dst."connection-id"')
-[ "$pathSrcConnectionId" = "$srcConnectionId" ] || { echo 'src path config update failed'; exit 1; }
-[ "$pathDstConnectionId" = "$dstConnectionId" ] || { echo 'dst path config update failed'; exit 1; }
+[ "$pathSrcConnectionId" = "$srcAltConnectionId" ] || { echo 'src path config update failed'; exit 1; }
+[ "$pathDstConnectionId" = "$dstAltConnectionId" ] || { echo 'dst path config update failed'; exit 1; }
 
 # test channel upgrade (non-crossing-hello)
 $RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc0 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $srcOrigConnectionId --version ics20-1
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ pathDstConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "
 [ "$pathDstConnectionId" = "$dstOrigConnectionId" ] || { echo 'dst path config update failed'; exit 1; }
 
 # test channel upgrade cancel
-$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc0 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $srcConnectionId --version ics20-1
-$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc1 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $dstConnectionId --version ics20-1
+$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc0 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $srcAltConnectionId --version ics20-1
+$RLY tx channel-upgrade init ibc01 ibc1 --ordering ORDER_UNORDERED --connection-hops $dstAltConnectionId --version ics20-1
 $RLY tx channel-upgrade cancel ibc01 ibc0  # create situation where ibc0.error_receipt.sequence >= ibc1.channel.upgrade_sequence
 $RLY tx channel-upgrade execute ibc01      # the channel upgrade of ibc1 should be cancelled
 pathSrcConnectionId=$($RLY paths list --json | jq --raw-output --arg path_name "$PATH_NAME" '.[$path_name].src."connection-id"')