diff --git a/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeSample.java b/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeSample.java
index 1f4d5cc1c204..29f5e82c8b07 100644
--- a/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeSample.java
+++ b/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeSample.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import com.google.monitoring.v3.UpdateUptimeCheckConfigRequest;
 import com.google.monitoring.v3.UptimeCheckConfig;
 import com.google.monitoring.v3.UptimeCheckConfig.HttpCheck;
-import com.google.monitoring.v3.UptimeCheckConfigName;
 import com.google.monitoring.v3.UptimeCheckIp;
 import com.google.protobuf.Duration;
 import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
         break;
       case "update":
         updateUptimeCheck(
-            projectId,
             cl.getOptionValue(DISPLAY_NAME_OPTION.getOpt(), "new uptime check"),
             cl.getOptionValue(HOST_NAME_OPTION.getOpt(), "example.com"),
             cl.getOptionValue(PATH_NAME_OPTION.getOpt(), "/"));
@@ -131,12 +129,11 @@ public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
         listUptimeCheckIps();
         break;
       case "get":
-        getUptimeCheckConfig(
-            projectId, cl.getOptionValue(DISPLAY_NAME_OPTION.getOpt(), "new uptime check"));
+        getUptimeCheckConfig(cl.getOptionValue(DISPLAY_NAME_OPTION.getOpt(), "new uptime check"));
         break;
       case "delete":
         deleteUptimeCheckConfig(
-            projectId, cl.getOptionValue(DISPLAY_NAME_OPTION.getOpt(), "new uptime check"));
+            cl.getOptionValue(DISPLAY_NAME_OPTION.getOpt(), "new uptime check"));
         break;
       default:
         usage(null);
@@ -162,7 +159,7 @@ private static void createUptimeCheck(
             .build();
     try (UptimeCheckServiceClient client = UptimeCheckServiceClient.create()) {
       UptimeCheckConfig config = client.createUptimeCheckConfig(request);
-      System.out.println("Uptime check created: " + config.getDisplayName());
+      System.out.println("Uptime check created: " + config.getName());
     } catch (Exception e) {
       usage("Exception creating uptime check: " + e.toString());
       throw e;
@@ -171,16 +168,15 @@ private static void createUptimeCheck(
   // [END monitoring_uptime_check_create]]
 
   // [START monitoring_uptime_check_update]]
-  private static void updateUptimeCheck(
-      String projectId, String displayName, String hostName, String pathName) throws IOException {
-    String fullCheckName = UptimeCheckConfigName.format(projectId, displayName);
+  private static void updateUptimeCheck(String checkName, String hostName, String pathName)
+      throws IOException {
 
     UpdateUptimeCheckConfigRequest request =
         UpdateUptimeCheckConfigRequest.newBuilder()
             .setUpdateMask(FieldMask.newBuilder().addPaths("http_check.path"))
             .setUptimeCheckConfig(
                 UptimeCheckConfig.newBuilder()
-                    .setName(fullCheckName)
+                    .setName(checkName)
                     .setMonitoredResource(
                         MonitoredResource.newBuilder()
                             .setType("uptime_url")
@@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ private static void listUptimeCheckIps() throws IOException {
   // [END monitoring_uptime_check_list_ips]]
 
   // [START monitoring_uptime_check_get]]
-  private static void getUptimeCheckConfig(String projectId, String checkName) throws IOException {
+  private static void getUptimeCheckConfig(String checkName) throws IOException {
     // Create UptimeCheckServiceSettings instance for add retry mechanism
     UptimeCheckServiceSettings.Builder uptimeCheckServiceSettingsBuilder =
         UptimeCheckServiceSettings.newBuilder();
@@ -257,13 +253,11 @@ private static void getUptimeCheckConfig(String projectId, String checkName) thr
     // create UptimeCheckServiceClient with retry setting
     try (UptimeCheckServiceClient client =
         UptimeCheckServiceClient.create(uptimeCheckServiceSettings)) {
-      String fullCheckName = UptimeCheckConfigName.format(projectId, checkName);
-      UptimeCheckConfig config = client.getUptimeCheckConfig(fullCheckName);
+      UptimeCheckConfig config = client.getUptimeCheckConfig(checkName);
       if (config != null) {
         System.out.println(config.toString());
       } else {
-        System.out.println(
-            "No uptime check config found with name " + checkName + " in project " + projectId);
+        System.out.println("No uptime check config found with ID " + checkName);
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       usage("Exception getting uptime check: " + e.toString());
@@ -273,10 +267,9 @@ private static void getUptimeCheckConfig(String projectId, String checkName) thr
   // [END monitoring_uptime_check_get]]
 
   // [START monitoring_uptime_check_delete]]
-  private static void deleteUptimeCheckConfig(String projectId, String checkName)
-      throws IOException {
+  private static void deleteUptimeCheckConfig(String checkName) throws IOException {
     try (UptimeCheckServiceClient client = UptimeCheckServiceClient.create()) {
-      client.deleteUptimeCheckConfig(UptimeCheckConfigName.format(projectId, checkName));
+      client.deleteUptimeCheckConfig(checkName);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       usage("Exception deleting uptime check: " + e.toString());
       throw e;
diff --git a/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeIT.java b/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeIT.java
index 0b90506f34f3..1c48b444f942 100644
--- a/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeIT.java
+++ b/java-monitoring/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/monitoring/UptimeIT.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class UptimeIT {
   private ByteArrayOutputStream bout;
   private PrintStream out;
   private PrintStream originalPrintStream;
+  private static String checkName;
 
   private static UptimeCheckConfig config =
       UptimeCheckConfig.newBuilder()
@@ -62,18 +63,20 @@ public void tearDown() {
   @Test
   public void test1_CreateUptimeCheck() throws Exception {
     UptimeSample.main("create", "-n", config.getDisplayName(), "-o", "test.example.com", "-a", "/");
-    assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Uptime check created: " + config.getDisplayName());
+    String actual = bout.toString();
+    assertThat(actual).contains(config.getDisplayName());
+    checkName = actual.split(":")[1].trim();
   }
 
   @Test
   public void test2_UpdateUptimeCheck() throws Exception {
-    UptimeSample.main("update", "-n", config.getDisplayName(), "-a", "/updated");
+    UptimeSample.main("update", "-n", checkName, "-a", "/updated");
     assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("/updated");
   }
 
   @Test
   public void test2_GetUptimeCheck() throws Exception {
-    UptimeSample.main("get", "-n", config.getDisplayName());
+    UptimeSample.main("get", "-n", checkName);
     assertThat(bout.toString()).contains(config.getDisplayName());
   }
 
@@ -96,6 +99,6 @@ public void test2_ListUptimeIps() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void test3_DeleteUptimeCheck() throws Exception {
-    UptimeSample.main("delete", "-n", config.getDisplayName());
+    UptimeSample.main("delete", "-n", checkName);
   }
 }