diff --git a/types.cc b/types.cc
index 279e365c09..948f46e9ee 100644
--- a/types.cc
+++ b/types.cc
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ tuple_type_impl::as_cql3_type() const {
 
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 tuple_type_impl::make_name(const std::vector<data_type>& types) {
-    return sprint("tuple<%s>", ::join(", ", types | boost::adaptors::transformed(std::mem_fn(&abstract_type::name))));
+    return sprint("org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.TupleType(%s)", ::join(", ", types | boost::adaptors::transformed(std::mem_fn(&abstract_type::name))));
 }
 
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