diff --git a/R/data_rename.R b/R/data_rename.R
index 4810e43c7..c69f8d9bc 100644
--- a/R/data_rename.R
+++ b/R/data_rename.R
@@ -266,13 +266,11 @@ data_rename <- function(data,
       # if so, iterate all tokens
       for (token in matches) {
         # evaluate token-object from the environment
-         values <- tryCatch(
-          .dynEval(str2lang(gsub("\\{(.*)\\}", "\\1", token))),
-          error = function(e) {
-            insight::format_error(paste0(
-              "The object `", token, "` was not found. Please check if it really exists."
-            ))
-          }
+         values <- .dynEval(
+          str2lang(gsub("\\{(.*)\\}", "\\1", token)),
+          ifnotfound = insight::format_error(paste0(
+            "The object `", token, "` was not found. Please check if it really exists."
+          ))
         )
         # check for correct length
         if (length(values) != length(pattern)) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-data_rename.R b/tests/testthat/test-data_rename.R
index 50d98c0d0..79f4427b3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-data_rename.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-data_rename.R
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ test_that("data_rename enough letters", {
     mtcars[1:5, ], iris[1:5, ], efc[1:5, ], ChickWeight[1:5, ], ToothGrowth[1:5, ],
     USArrests[1:5, ], airquality[1:5, ]
   )
-  expect_names(
+  expect_named(
     data_rename(x, replacement = "long_letter_{letter}"),
     c(
       "long_letter_a1", "long_letter_b1", "long_letter_c1", "long_letter_d1",