diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/Person.hbm.xml b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/Person.hbm.xml
index e43fc66f72..18f06f0b32 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/Person.hbm.xml
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/Person.hbm.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             <generator class="uuid.hex"/>
         </id>
         <many-to-one name="user" column="userId" property-ref="userId"/>
-        <property name="type" not-null="true"/>
+        <property name="type" column="`type`" not-null="true"/>
     </class>
 
     <class name="Group" table="PROPREF_GRP">