diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/topology/tables.py b/package/MDAnalysis/topology/tables.py
index 926a1c58cb9..c021276ade0 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/topology/tables.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/topology/tables.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def kv2dict(s, convertor=str):
 Xe    131.29
 Yb    173.04
 Y     88.90585
-ZN    65.37000
+Zn    65.37000
 Zr    91.224
 DUMMY 0.0
 """