diff --git a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py
index d0c4a137e98..61f89056a31 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def create_experiment(
                 constants.EXPERIMENT_PLURAL,
                 experiment,
             )
-            experiment_name = outputs.metadata.name # if "generate_name" is used, "name" gets a prefix from server
+            experiment_name = outputs["metadata"]["name"] # if "generate_name" is used, "name" gets a prefix from server
         except multiprocessing.TimeoutError:
             raise TimeoutError(
                 f"Timeout to create Katib Experiment: {namespace}/{experiment_name}"