diff --git a/dlt/destinations/impl/weaviate/configuration.py b/dlt/destinations/impl/weaviate/configuration.py
index 211a6ec029..1a053e41f4 100644
--- a/dlt/destinations/impl/weaviate/configuration.py
+++ b/dlt/destinations/impl/weaviate/configuration.py
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 class WeaviateClientConfiguration(DestinationClientDwhConfiguration):
     destination_type: Final[str] = dataclasses.field(default="weaviate", init=False, repr=False, compare=False)  # type: ignore
     # make it optional so empty dataset is allowed
-    dataset_name: Annotated[Optional[str], NotResolved()] = None
+    dataset_name: Annotated[Optional[str], NotResolved()] = dataclasses.field(
+        default=None, init=False, repr=False, compare=False
+    )
 
     batch_size: int = 100
     batch_workers: int = 1
diff --git a/tests/load/weaviate/test_weaviate_client.py b/tests/load/weaviate/test_weaviate_client.py
index 11d3f13db9..8c3344f152 100644
--- a/tests/load/weaviate/test_weaviate_client.py
+++ b/tests/load/weaviate/test_weaviate_client.py
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ def drop_weaviate_schema() -> Iterator[None]:
 
 
 def get_client_instance(schema: Schema) -> WeaviateClient:
-    dest = weaviate(dataset_name="ClientTest" + uniq_id())
-    return dest.client(schema, dest.spec())
-    # with Container().injectable_context(ConfigSectionContext(sections=('destination', 'weaviate'))):
-    #     return dest.client(schema, config)
+    dest = weaviate()
+    return dest.client(
+        schema, dest.spec()._bind_dataset_name(dataset_name="ClientTest" + uniq_id())
+    )
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
diff --git a/tests/sources/helpers/rest_client/test_client.py b/tests/sources/helpers/rest_client/test_client.py
index e7e9f7edc4..79a57d0e82 100644
--- a/tests/sources/helpers/rest_client/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/sources/helpers/rest_client/test_client.py
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ def test_oauth_jwt_auth_success(self, rest_client: RESTClient):
 
         assert_pagination(list(pages_iter))
 
-
     def test_custom_session_client(self, mocker):
         mocked_warning = mocker.patch.object(logger, "warning")
         RESTClient(
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ def test_custom_session_client(self, mocker):
             " behavior."
         )
 
-
     def test_custom_auth_success(self, rest_client: RESTClient):
         class CustomAuthConfigBase(AuthConfigBase):
             def __init__(self, token: str):