diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/Measurements.java b/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/Measurements.java
index faa81ba04d564cde80061f5d1635cebd2180cbd5..924f343c72318ca73835528d6948545e62fd8cd3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/Measurements.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/Measurements.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class Measurements
 
   public static final String MEASUREMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY = "measurementtype";
 
-  private static final String MEASUREMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY_DEFAULT = "histogram";
+  private static final String MEASUREMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY_DEFAULT = "hdrhistogram";
   public static final String MEASUREMENT_INTERVAL = "measurement.interval";
   private static final String MEASUREMENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = "op";