diff --git a/modules/viz/misc/python/test/test_viz_simple.py b/modules/viz/misc/python/test/test_viz_simple.py
index 973f3535a0..8eee0016a0 100644
--- a/modules/viz/misc/python/test/test_viz_simple.py
+++ b/modules/viz/misc/python/test/test_viz_simple.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def test_viz_show_cloud_random_color(self):
     def test_viz_show_cloud_masked(self):
         dragon_cloud,_,_  = cv.viz.readCloud(self.find_file("viz/dragon.ply"))
 
-        qnan =  np.NAN
+        qnan =  np.nan
         for idx in range(dragon_cloud.shape[0]):
             if idx % 15 != 0:
                 dragon_cloud[idx,:] = qnan