diff --git a/tests/postprocessing/SphereTriangulate.cpp b/tests/postprocessing/SphereTriangulate.cpp
index b74985465fa0d1aeef787a0bfc241b8cc8794672..1c1d5de16b82f9d1919a28348d86b0721c1959a0 100644
--- a/tests/postprocessing/SphereTriangulate.cpp
+++ b/tests/postprocessing/SphereTriangulate.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ using namespace postprocessing;
 
 using geometry::TriangleMesh;
 
-typedef GhostLayerField<real_t,1> ScalarField;
+using ScalarField = GhostLayerField<real_t, 1>;
 
 
 template< typename T, uint_t fs>