diff --git a/include/pybind11/numpy.h b/include/pybind11/numpy.h
index 24d366633a..065e7513ba 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/numpy.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/numpy.h
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ struct pyobject_caster<array_t<T, ExtraFlags>> {
         return src.inc_ref();
     }
     PYBIND11_TYPE_CASTER(type,
-                         io_name("numpy.typing.ArrayLike",
+                         io_name(const_name("numpy.typing.ArrayLike"),
                                  const_name("numpy.typing.NDArray[")
                                      + npy_format_descriptor<T>::name + const_name("]")));
 };