diff --git a/examples/kem.cpp b/examples/kem.cpp
index d10e60d..a575149 100644
--- a/examples/kem.cpp
+++ b/examples/kem.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int main() {
     std::cout << "liboqs-cpp version: " << oqs::oqs_cpp_version() << '\n';
     std::cout << "Enabled KEMs:\n" << oqs::KEMs::get_enabled_KEMs();
 
-    std::string kem_name = "Kyber512";
+    std::string kem_name = "ML-KEM-512";
     oqs::KeyEncapsulation client{kem_name};
     std::cout << "\n\nKEM details:\n" << client.get_details();
 
diff --git a/examples/sig.cpp b/examples/sig.cpp
index 2b0a511..eecbeb4 100644
--- a/examples/sig.cpp
+++ b/examples/sig.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int main() {
     std::cout << "Enabled signatures:\n" << oqs::Sigs::get_enabled_sigs();
 
     oqs::bytes message = "This is the message to sign"_bytes;
-    std::string sig_name = "Dilithium2";
+    std::string sig_name = "ML-DSA-44";
     oqs::Signature signer{sig_name};
     std::cout << "\n\nSignature details:\n" << signer.get_details();
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/tests/test_kem.cpp b/unit_tests/tests/test_kem.cpp
index 3a67c60..4b3c028 100644
--- a/unit_tests/tests/test_kem.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/tests/test_kem.cpp
@@ -52,18 +52,20 @@ void test_kem_wrong_ciphertext(const std::string& kem_name) {
     oqs::bytes wrong_ciphertext = oqs::rand::randombytes(ciphertext.size());
     oqs::bytes shared_secret_client;
     try {
+        // this line should throw
         shared_secret_client = client.decap_secret(wrong_ciphertext);
+        // if not, test should fail
+        bool is_valid = (shared_secret_client == shared_secret_server);
+        if (is_valid)
+            std::cerr << kem_name << ": shared secrets should not coincide"
+                      << std::endl;
+        EXPECT_FALSE(is_valid);
     } catch (std::exception& e) {
         if (e.what() == std::string{"Can not decapsulate secret"})
             return;
         else
             throw; // this is another un-expected exception
     }
-    bool is_valid = (shared_secret_client == shared_secret_server);
-    if (is_valid)
-        std::cerr << kem_name << ": shared secrets should not coincide"
-                  << std::endl;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(is_valid);
 }
 
 TEST(oqs_KeyEncapsulation, Correctness) {