diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfo.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfo.java
index f2ae5bed1..44c117229 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfo.java
@@ -83,11 +83,26 @@ public J.VariableDeclarations visitVariableDeclarations(J.VariableDeclarations m
                     }
                     return anno;
                 }));
+                varDecls = removeFinalModifier(varDecls);
                 getCursor().dropParentUntil(J.ClassDeclaration.class::isInstance).putMessage("has-testName-rule", varDecls);
             }
             return varDecls;
         }
 
+        private static J.VariableDeclarations removeFinalModifier(J.VariableDeclarations varDecls) {
+            List<J.Modifier> modifiers = varDecls.getModifiers();
+            List<J.Modifier> retained = ListUtils.filter(modifiers, mod -> mod.getType() != J.Modifier.Type.Final);
+            if (retained == modifiers) {
+                return varDecls;
+            }
+            Space prefix = modifiers.get(0).getPrefix();
+            if (retained.isEmpty()) {
+                return varDecls.withModifiers(retained).withTypeExpression(
+                        varDecls.getTypeExpression() == null ? null : varDecls.getTypeExpression().withPrefix(prefix));
+            }
+            return varDecls.withModifiers(ListUtils.mapFirst(retained, mod -> mod.withPrefix(prefix)));
+        }
+
         @Override
         public  J.@Nullable NewClass visitNewClass(J.NewClass newClass, ExecutionContext ctx) {
             J.NewClass nc = super.visitNewClass(newClass, ctx);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfoTest.java
index 8744ebca0..5edb5b353 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/junit5/TestRuleToTestInfoTest.java
@@ -144,4 +144,48 @@ private static class SomeInnerClass {
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void ruleIsFinal() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import org.junit.Rule;
+              import org.junit.rules.TestName;
+
+              public class SomeTest {
+                  @Rule
+                  public final TestName name = new TestName();
+                  protected String randomName() {
+                      return name.getMethodName();
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInfo;
+
+              import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+              import java.util.Optional;
+
+              public class SomeTest {
+                 \s
+                  public String name;
+                  protected String randomName() {
+                      return name;
+                  }
+
+                  @BeforeEach
+                  public void setup(TestInfo testInfo) {
+                      Optional<Method> testMethod = testInfo.getTestMethod();
+                      if (testMethod.isPresent()) {
+                          this.name = testMethod.get().getName();
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }