diff --git a/tests/src/checkfebyautodiff.hh b/tests/src/checkfebyautodiff.hh
index 3782cddf6..01bd44466 100644
--- a/tests/src/checkfebyautodiff.hh
+++ b/tests/src/checkfebyautodiff.hh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 template <typename GridView, typename BasisHandler, typename Skills, typename AffordanceColl, typename VectorType>
 auto checkFESByAutoDiffImpl(const GridView& gridView, const BasisHandler& basis, Skills&& skills,
-                            AffordanceColl affordance, VectorType& d, const std::string& messageIfFailed = "",
+                            AffordanceColl affordance, VectorType& d, const std::string& testName = "",
                             double tol = 1e-10) {
   double lambda = 7.3;
   auto fe       = Ikarus::makeFE(basis, std::forward<Skills>(skills));
diff --git a/tests/src/testnonlineareas.cpp b/tests/src/testnonlineareas.cpp
index ef89fa6e2..3956552a3 100644
--- a/tests/src/testnonlineareas.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/testnonlineareas.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ using Dune::TestSuite;
 
 template <typename MAT>
 auto cantileverBeamTest(const MAT& reducedMat) {
+  static_assert(MAT::isReduced, "cantileverBeamTest is only valid for a reduced material (planeStress or planeStrain)");
   TestSuite t("Cantilever Beam for Nonlinear EAS element (Q1E4)");
   constexpr int gridDim = 2;
   using Grid            = Dune::YaspGrid<gridDim>;
@@ -117,7 +118,9 @@ auto cantileverBeamTest(const MAT& reducedMat) {
   const auto controlInfo = lc.run();
 
   double expectedLambda  = 1.0;
-  double expectedMaxDisp = 4.459851990227056; // abs(maxDisp) in ANSYS APDL = 4.48777
+  double expectedMaxDisp = std::is_same_v<typename MAT::Underlying, NeoHookeT<double>>
+                               ? 4.492526443429457
+                               : 4.459851990227056; // abs(maxDisp) in ANSYS APDL = 4.48777 (SVK) and = 4.50145 (NH)
 
   t.check(controlInfo.success);
   const auto maxDisp = std::ranges::max(d.cwiseAbs());
@@ -153,9 +156,17 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   Dune::TestSuite t("Nonlinear EAS Test");
   auto matParameter = toLamesFirstParameterAndShearModulus({.emodul = 100.0, .nu = 0.3});
   StVenantKirchhoff matSVK(matParameter);
-  auto reducedMat = planeStrain(matSVK);
-  easAutoDiffTest<2>(t, reducedMat);
+  NeoHooke matNH(matParameter);
+  auto reducedMatSVK = planeStrain(matSVK);
+  auto reducedMatNH  = planeStrain(matNH);
+
+  easAutoDiffTest<2>(t, reducedMatSVK);
   easAutoDiffTest<3>(t, matSVK);
-  t.subTest(cantileverBeamTest(reducedMat));
+
+  easAutoDiffTest<2>(t, reducedMatNH);
+  easAutoDiffTest<3>(t, matNH);
+
+  t.subTest(cantileverBeamTest(reducedMatSVK));
+  t.subTest(cantileverBeamTest(reducedMatNH));
   return t.exit();
 }
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