diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 26fd525064e62b..e7dbc01657fdb6 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ test run:
 Use the path to find the pid file in the temp folder:
 
 ```bash
-cat /tmp/user/1000/testo9vsdjo3/node1/regtest/bitcoind.pid
+cat /tmp/user/1000/testo9vsdjo3/node1/regtest2/bitcoind.pid
 ```
 
 Then you can use the pid to start `gdb`:
diff --git a/test/functional/combine_logs.py b/test/functional/combine_logs.py
index 367d0f69165b68..0fe5d3015bec70 100755
--- a/test/functional/combine_logs.py
+++ b/test/functional/combine_logs.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def read_logs(tmp_dir):
         chain = chain[0]  # pick the first one if more than one chain was found (should never happen)
         chain = re.search(r'node0/(.+?)/debug\.log$', chain).group(1)  # extract the chain name
     else:
-        chain = 'regtest'  # fallback to regtest (should only happen when none exists)
+        chain = 'regtest2'  # fallback to regtest2 (should only happen when none exists)
 
     files = [("test", "%s/test_framework.log" % tmp_dir)]
     for i in itertools.count():
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py b/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
index efab69ac2632d6..b6a7d048cd7073 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def add_options(self, parser):
                             help='Test data file')
 
     def set_test_params(self):
+        self.chain = 'regtest'
         self.num_nodes = 1
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py b/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
index 166438cf70bb2a..51536b1d02719b 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@
 }
 
 MAGIC_BYTES = {
-    "mainnet": b"\xf9\xbe\xb4\xd9",   # mainnet
+    "main": b"\xf9\xbe\xb4\xd9",   # mainnet
     "testnet3": b"\x0b\x11\x09\x07",  # testnet3
     "regtest": b"\xfa\xbf\xb5\xda",   # regtest
+    "regtest2": b"\xfa\xbf\xb5\xda",   # -chain=regtest2
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 780aa5fe03ebd5..ac10105eba3dbd 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Sets test framework defaults. Do not override this method. Instead, override the set_test_params() method"""
-        self.chain = 'regtest'
+        self.chain = 'regtest2'
         self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.nodes = []
         self.network_thread = None