diff --git a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
index cef612c7..e2ac199e 100644
--- a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
+++ b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators (py::module &m, std::string allocstr)
         .def_property_readonly("byte_spread", &ParticleContainerType::ByteSpread)
 
         // compile-time components
-        .def("set_SoA_compile_time_names", &ParticleContainerType::SetSoACompileTimeNames)
+        .def("set_soa_compile_time_names", &ParticleContainerType::SetSoACompileTimeNames)
 
         // runtime components
         .def("add_real_comp", py::overload_cast<int>(&ParticleContainerType::AddRealComp),
diff --git a/tests/test_particleContainer.py b/tests/test_particleContainer.py
index 8acec6cb..4174c870 100644
--- a/tests/test_particleContainer.py
+++ b/tests/test_particleContainer.py
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ def soa_particle_container(Npart, std_geometry, distmap, boxarr, std_real_box):
     myt.int_array_data = []
 
     with pytest.raises(Exception):
-        pc.set_SoA_compile_time_names(
+        pc.set_soa_compile_time_names(
             ["x", "y", "z", "z", "b", "c", "d", "e"], []
         )  # error: z added twice
-    pc.set_SoA_compile_time_names(["x", "y", "z", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e"], [])
+    pc.set_soa_compile_time_names(["x", "y", "z", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e"], [])
 
     iseed = 1
     pc.init_random(Npart, iseed, myt, False, std_real_box)