diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/config.js b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/config.js
index 3a549193fae..4fd834cd9e9 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/config.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/config.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export const product_sku = __ENV.P_SKU || 'woo-beanie';
 export const product_url = __ENV.P_URL || 'beanie';
 export const product_id = __ENV.P_ID || '13';
 export const product_search_term = __ENV.P_TERM || 'beanie';
+export const product_category = __ENV.P_CAT || 'Accessories';
 
 export const coupon_code = __ENV.P_COUPON || 'testing';
 
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/category-page.js b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/category-page.js
index 42d5f83ffd0..15092c5a825 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/category-page.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/category-page.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { sleep, check, group } from "k6";
 import http from "k6/http";
 import { Trend } from "k6/metrics";
 import { randomIntBetween } from "https://jslib.k6.io/k6-utils/1.1.0/index.js";
-import { base_url, think_time_min, think_time_max } from "../../config.js";
+import { base_url, think_time_min, think_time_max, product_category } from "../../config.js";
 import {
 	htmlRequestHeader,
 	commonRequestHeaders,
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../headers.js";
 
 // Custom metric to add to standard results output.
-let categoryPageTrend = new Trend("wc_get_site_root");
+let categoryPageTrend = new Trend("wc_get_product_category_name");
 
 export function categoryPage() {
 	let response;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function categoryPage() {
 			commonNonStandardHeaders
 		);
 
-		response = http.get(`${base_url}/product-category/accessories/`, {
+		response = http.get(`${base_url}/product-category/${product_category}/`, {
 			headers: requestHeaders,
 		});
 		categoryPageTrend.add(response.timings.duration);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function categoryPage() {
 			"is status 200": (r) => r.status === 200,
 			"body contains: 'Accessories' title": (response) =>
 				response.body.includes(
-					'<h1 class="woocommerce-products-header__title page-title">Accessories</h1>'
+					`<h1 class="woocommerce-products-header__title page-title">${product_category}</h1>`
 				),
 		});
 	});