diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/inheritence/union/Person.hbm.xml b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/inheritence/union/Person.hbm.xml
index f9e96961e7..a0cbccbecd 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/inheritence/union/Person.hbm.xml
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/inheritence/union/Person.hbm.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		</id>
 		<many-to-one name="person" column="personId" unique="true" property-ref="personId"/>
 		<many-to-one name="customer" column="customerPersonId" unique="true" property-ref="personId"/>
-		<property name="type" not-null="true"/>
+		<property name="type" column="`type`" not-null="true"/>
 	</class>
 
 </hibernate-mapping>
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