diff --git a/vm/src/obj/objweakref.rs b/vm/src/obj/objweakref.rs
index be7019732..c203de9bd 100644
--- a/vm/src/obj/objweakref.rs
+++ b/vm/src/obj/objweakref.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use rustpython_common::rc::{PyRc, PyWeak as Weak};
 
 use crossbeam_utils::atomic::AtomicCell;
 
-#[pyclass(module = false, name = "ref")]
+#[pyclass(module = false, name = "weakref")]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PyWeak {
     referent: Weak<PyObject<dyn PyObjectPayload>>,