diff --git a/lib/facter/resolvers/containers.rb b/lib/facter/resolvers/containers.rb
index 52d3c00f48..3992f48ec4 100644
--- a/lib/facter/resolvers/containers.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/resolvers/containers.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def read_environ(fact_name)
 
           info = {}
           case container
-          when 'lxcroot'
+          when 'lxc'
             vm = 'lxc'
           when 'podman'
             vm = 'podman'
diff --git a/spec/facter/resolvers/containers_spec.rb b/spec/facter/resolvers/containers_spec.rb
index 1941469e79..120c777d01 100644
--- a/spec/facter/resolvers/containers_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/facter/resolvers/containers_spec.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
   context 'when hypervisor is lxc and it is discovered by environ' do
     let(:cgroup_output) { load_fixture('cgroup_file').read }
-    let(:environ_output) { ['container=lxcroot'] }
+    let(:environ_output) { ['container=lxc'] }
     let(:result) { { lxc: {} } }
 
     it 'return lxc for vm' do