diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.velbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.velbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
index e754617dfa74..a060ece8d5cf 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.velbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.velbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
 		<channels>
 			<channel id="counter1" typeId="counter"/>
 			<channel id="counter1Current" typeId="counter"/>
-			<channel id="counter" typeId="counter"/>
+			<channel id="counter2" typeId="counter"/>
 			<channel id="counter2Current" typeId="counter"/>
 			<channel id="counter3" typeId="counter"/>
 			<channel id="counter3Current" typeId="counter"/>