diff --git a/deepmd/dpmodel/model/dp_zbl_model.py b/deepmd/dpmodel/model/dp_zbl_model.py
index 2e8c3fb203..169fc63bd7 100644
--- a/deepmd/dpmodel/model/dp_zbl_model.py
+++ b/deepmd/dpmodel/model/dp_zbl_model.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 @BaseModel.register("zbl")
 class DPZBLModel(DPZBLModel_):
-    model_type = "ener"
+    model_type = "zbl"
 
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/deepmd/pt/model/model/dp_zbl_model.py b/deepmd/pt/model/model/dp_zbl_model.py
index e1ef00f5fe..0f05e3e56d 100644
--- a/deepmd/pt/model/model/dp_zbl_model.py
+++ b/deepmd/pt/model/model/dp_zbl_model.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 @BaseModel.register("zbl")
 class DPZBLModel(DPZBLModel_):
-    model_type = "ener"
+    model_type = "zbl"
 
     def __init__(
         self,