diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
index 6fb2391a09..69f72593b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@
                   component-id
                   variant-id
                   variant-properties
-                  {})
+                  [])
                  (dwva/remove-empty-properties variant-id)
                  (dwva/update-error component-id name)))))))
 
diff --git a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/logic/rename_variant_test.cljs b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/logic/rename_variant_test.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95c6e95699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/logic/rename_variant_test.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS SUBSIDIARY SL
+
+(ns frontend-tests.logic.rename-variant-test
+  (:require
+   [app.common.test-helpers.files :as cthf]
+   [app.common.test-helpers.shapes :as cths]
+   [app.common.test-helpers.variants :as cthv]
+   [app.main.data.workspace :as dw]
+   [cljs.test :as t :include-macros true]
+   [frontend-tests.helpers.pages :as thp]
+   [frontend-tests.helpers.state :as ths]))
+
+(t/use-fixtures :each
+  {:before thp/reset-idmap!})
+
+(t/deftest rename-variant-with-invalid-name
+  "Renaming a variant in the layers panel to a name that is not a valid
+  properties formula marks it with :variant-error. Each step of the event
+  chain is validated, so a validation error here fails the test through the
+  store error handler."
+  (t/async
+    done
+    (let [;; ==== Setup
+          file   (-> (cthf/sample-file :file1)
+                     (cthv/add-variant-two-properties :v01 :c01 :m01 :c02 :m02))
+          store  (ths/setup-store file)
+          main   (cths/get-shape file :m01)
+
+          ;; ==== Action
+          events [(dw/rename-shape-or-variant (:id main) "hola")]]
+
+      (ths/run-store
+       store done events
+       (fn [new-state]
+         (let [;; ==== Get
+               file'  (ths/get-file-from-state new-state)
+               main'  (cths/get-shape file' :m01)]
+
+           ;; ==== Check
+           (t/is (= "hola" (:variant-error main')))))))))
diff --git a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/runner.cljs b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/runner.cljs
index 7442211027..6ee139f576 100644
--- a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/runner.cljs
+++ b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/runner.cljs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
    [frontend-tests.logic.path-helpers-test]
    [frontend-tests.logic.path-lifecycle-test]
    [frontend-tests.logic.path-tools-test]
+   [frontend-tests.logic.rename-variant-test]
    [frontend-tests.logic.sidebar-transform-coalescing-test]
    [frontend-tests.logic.transform-in-variant-test]
    [frontend-tests.logic.update-position-test]
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@
    'frontend-tests.logic.path-helpers-test
    'frontend-tests.logic.path-lifecycle-test
    'frontend-tests.logic.path-tools-test
+   'frontend-tests.logic.rename-variant-test
    'frontend-tests.logic.pasting-in-containers-test
    'frontend-tests.logic.transform-in-variant-test
    'frontend-tests.main.refs-test