diff --git a/gitlab/v4/objects/merge_request_approvals.py b/gitlab/v4/objects/merge_request_approvals.py
index a22bd2b57..eb243c7b4 100644
--- a/gitlab/v4/objects/merge_request_approvals.py
+++ b/gitlab/v4/objects/merge_request_approvals.py
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ def set_approvers(
 
 
 class ProjectMergeRequestApprovalRule(SaveMixin, ObjectDeleteMixin, RESTObject):
-    _id_attr = "approval_rule_id"
-    _repr_attr = "approval_rule"
+    _repr_attr = "name"
     id: int
     approval_rule_id: int
     merge_request_iid: int
diff --git a/tests/unit/objects/test_project_merge_request_approvals.py b/tests/unit/objects/test_project_merge_request_approvals.py
index 5a87552c3..27bbc84a4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/objects/test_project_merge_request_approvals.py
+++ b/tests/unit/objects/test_project_merge_request_approvals.py
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ def test_list_merge_request_approval_rules(project, resp_mr_approval_rules):
     assert len(approval_rules) == 1
     assert approval_rules[0].name == approval_rule_name
     assert approval_rules[0].id == approval_rule_id
+    repr(approval_rules)  # ensure that `repr()` doesn't raise an exception
 
 
 def test_delete_merge_request_approval_rule(project, resp_delete_mr_approval_rule):