diff --git a/src/Aggregation/Metric/ScriptedMetricAggregation.php b/src/Aggregation/Metric/ScriptedMetricAggregation.php
index 4a0cea86df537e934f9788aa76e027ed84e35edf..bf74fe819f2a017f1aa49000c55854836b2e0241 100644
--- a/src/Aggregation/Metric/ScriptedMetricAggregation.php
+++ b/src/Aggregation/Metric/ScriptedMetricAggregation.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ScriptedMetricAggregation extends AbstractAggregation
      */
     public function getType()
     {
-        return 'stats';
+        return 'scripted_metric';
     }
 
     /**