diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3efcd64f4e..4ad053f6df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 - Update gitpod/workspace-base Docker digest to 168d78b ([#2899](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2899))
 - Update pre-commit hook astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit to v0.3.4 ([#2894](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2894))
 - Update GitHub Actions ([#2902](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2902))
+- Get immediate parent path name for schema creation ([#2886](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2886))
 - Update pre-commit hook astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit to v0.3.5 ([#2903](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2903))
 - Remove old references to CUSTOMDUMPSOFTWAREVERSIONS and add linting checks ([#2897](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2897))
 
diff --git a/nf_core/schema.py b/nf_core/schema.py
index a4e8ad7cdc..4f5acfa0af 100644
--- a/nf_core/schema.py
+++ b/nf_core/schema.py
@@ -587,10 +587,12 @@ def make_skeleton_schema(self):
             loader=jinja2.PackageLoader("nf_core", "pipeline-template"), keep_trailing_newline=True
         )
         schema_template = env.get_template("nextflow_schema.json")
+
         template_vars = {
-            "name": self.pipeline_manifest.get("name", str(Path(self.schema_filename).parent)).strip("'"),
+            "name": self.pipeline_manifest.get("name", Path(self.schema_filename).parent.name).strip("'"),
             "description": self.pipeline_manifest.get("description", "").strip("'"),
         }
+
         self.schema = json.loads(schema_template.render(template_vars))
         self.get_schema_defaults()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_schema.py b/tests/test_schema.py
index b9cb108fae..e0921908d4 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ def test_make_skeleton_schema(self):
         self.schema_obj.pipeline_manifest["description"] = "Test pipeline"
         self.schema_obj.make_skeleton_schema()
         self.schema_obj.validate_schema(self.schema_obj.schema)
+        assert self.schema_obj.schema["title"] == "nf-core/test pipeline parameters"
+
+    def test_make_skeleton_schema_absent_name(self):
+        """Test making a new schema skeleton"""
+        self.schema_obj.schema_filename = self.template_schema
+        self.schema_obj.pipeline_manifest["description"] = "Test pipeline"
+        self.schema_obj.make_skeleton_schema()
+        self.schema_obj.validate_schema(self.schema_obj.schema)
+        assert self.schema_obj.schema["title"] == "wf pipeline parameters"
 
     def test_get_wf_params(self):
         """Test getting the workflow parameters from a pipeline"""