diff --git a/qt/widgets/mplcpp/src/Colors.cpp b/qt/widgets/mplcpp/src/Colors.cpp
index e00a90e81b913fb92dbbe12dd28c26edca92baca..41f75c83b1f7cd9717578f5dae182a12dcc8d1da 100644
--- a/qt/widgets/mplcpp/src/Colors.cpp
+++ b/qt/widgets/mplcpp/src/Colors.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Python::Object SymLogNorm::tickLocator() const {
  */
 Python::Object SymLogNorm::labelFormatter() const {
   GlobalInterpreterLock lock;
-  return Python::Object(tickerModule().attr("LogFormatterMathtext")());
+  return Python::Object(tickerModule().attr("LogFormatterSciNotation")());
 }
 
 // ------------------------ PowerNorm ------------------------------------------