diff --git a/src/serac/physics/tests/contact_patch.cpp b/src/serac/physics/tests/contact_patch.cpp
index 74f0fc3f0..8001f2ca0 100644
--- a/src/serac/physics/tests/contact_patch.cpp
+++ b/src/serac/physics/tests/contact_patch.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "mpi.h"
 #include "mfem.hpp"
+#include "shared/mesh/MeshBuilder.hpp"
 
 #include "serac/physics/solid_mechanics_contact.hpp"
 #include "serac/physics/boundary_conditions/components.hpp"
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@
 
 namespace serac {
 
-class ContactTest : public testing::TestWithParam<std::tuple<ContactEnforcement, ContactJacobian, std::string>> {};
+class ContactTest
+    : public testing::TestWithParam<std::tuple<ContactEnforcement, ContactJacobian, std::string, mfem::Element::Type>> {
+};
 
 TEST_P(ContactTest, patch)
 {
@@ -41,10 +44,23 @@ TEST_P(ContactTest, patch)
   axom::sidre::DataStore datastore;
   StateManager::initialize(datastore, name + "_data");
 
-  // Construct the appropriate dimension mesh and give it to the data store
-  std::string filename = SERAC_REPO_DIR "/data/meshes/twohex_for_contact.mesh";
-
-  auto mesh = std::make_shared<serac::Mesh>(buildMeshFromFile(filename), "patch_mesh", 2, 0);
+  // clang-format off
+  auto mesh = std::make_shared<serac::Mesh>(shared::MeshBuilder::Unify({
+    shared::MeshBuilder::CubeMesh(1, 1, 1, std::get<3>(GetParam()))
+      .updateBdrAttrib(3, 7)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(1, 3)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(4, 7)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(5, 1)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(6, 4),
+    shared::MeshBuilder::CubeMesh(1, 1, 1, std::get<3>(GetParam()))
+      .translate({0.0, 0.0, 1.0})
+      .updateBdrAttrib(1, 8)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(3, 7)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(4, 7)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(5, 1)
+      .updateBdrAttrib(8, 5)
+  }), "patch_mesh", 2, 0);
+  // clang-format on
 
   mesh->addDomainOfBoundaryElements("x0_faces", serac::by_attr<dim>(1));
   mesh->addDomainOfBoundaryElements("y0_faces", serac::by_attr<dim>(2));
@@ -132,12 +148,22 @@ TEST_P(ContactTest, patch)
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
     tribol, ContactTest,
-    testing::Values(std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::Penalty, ContactJacobian::Approximate, "penalty_approxJ"),
+    testing::Values(std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::Penalty, ContactJacobian::Approximate, "penalty_approxJ_hex",
+                                    mfem::Element::HEXAHEDRON),
+                    std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::LagrangeMultiplier, ContactJacobian::Approximate,
+                                    "lagrange_multiplier_approxJ_hex", mfem::Element::HEXAHEDRON),
+                    std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::Penalty, ContactJacobian::Exact, "penalty_exactJ_hex",
+                                    mfem::Element::HEXAHEDRON),
+                    std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::LagrangeMultiplier, ContactJacobian::Exact,
+                                    "lagrange_multiplier_exactJ_hex", mfem::Element::HEXAHEDRON),
+                    std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::Penalty, ContactJacobian::Approximate, "penalty_approxJ_tet",
+                                    mfem::Element::TETRAHEDRON),
                     std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::LagrangeMultiplier, ContactJacobian::Approximate,
-                                    "lagrange_multiplier_approxJ"),
-                    std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::Penalty, ContactJacobian::Exact, "penalty_exactJ"),
+                                    "lagrange_multiplier_approxJ_tet", mfem::Element::TETRAHEDRON),
+                    std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::Penalty, ContactJacobian::Exact, "penalty_exactJ_tet",
+                                    mfem::Element::TETRAHEDRON),
                     std::make_tuple(ContactEnforcement::LagrangeMultiplier, ContactJacobian::Exact,
-                                    "lagrange_multiplier_exactJ")));
+                                    "lagrange_multiplier_exactJ_tet", mfem::Element::TETRAHEDRON)));
 
 }  // namespace serac