diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/tzbdtest.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/tzbdtest.cpp
index 3e5c281d52f..34b445626bc 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/tzbdtest.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/tzbdtest.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ TimeZoneBoundaryTest::findBoundariesStepwise(int32_t year, UDate interval, TimeZ
 void
 TimeZoneBoundaryTest::TestStepwise()
 {
-    TimeZone *zone =  TimeZone::createTimeZone("EST");
+    TimeZone *zone =  TimeZone::createTimeZone("America/New_York");
     findBoundariesStepwise(1997, ONE_DAY, zone, 2);
     delete zone;
     zone = TimeZone::createTimeZone("UTC"); // updated 12/3/99 aliu