diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Environment.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Environment.java
index ba9f2c5a4e5d..485da35a9ffb 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Environment.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Environment.java
@@ -350,6 +350,6 @@ private static BytecodeProvider buildBytecodeProvider(String providerName) {
 		//		currently we assume it is only ever the Strings "javassist" or "bytebuddy"...
 
 		LOG.unknownBytecodeProvider( providerName, BYTECODE_PROVIDER_NAME_DEFAULT );
-		return new org.hibernate.bytecode.internal.javassist.BytecodeProviderImpl();
+		return new org.hibernate.bytecode.internal.bytebuddy.BytecodeProviderImpl();
 	}
 }