diff --git a/library/src/scala/NamedTuple.scala b/library/src/scala/NamedTuple.scala
index c65a760ee22c..ddc2b545f9ba 100644
--- a/library/src/scala/NamedTuple.scala
+++ b/library/src/scala/NamedTuple.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import compiletime.ops.boolean.*
 object NamedTuple:
 
   opaque type AnyNamedTuple = Any
-  opaque type NamedTuple[N <: Tuple, V <: Tuple] >: V <: AnyNamedTuple = V
+  opaque type NamedTuple[N <: Tuple, +V <: Tuple] >: V <: AnyNamedTuple = V
 
   def apply[N <: Tuple, V <: Tuple](x: V) = x
 
diff --git a/tests/neg/named-tuples.check b/tests/neg/named-tuples.check
index 485858fb18a0..067b6eeb937c 100644
--- a/tests/neg/named-tuples.check
+++ b/tests/neg/named-tuples.check
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@
 47 |  val p5 = person.zip(first = 11, age = 33) // error
    |                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |                      Found:    (first : Int, age : Int)
-   |                      Required: NamedTuple.NamedTuple[(("name" : String), ("age" : String)), V2]
-   |
-   |                      where:    V2 is a type variable with constraint <: Tuple
+   |                      Required: NamedTuple.NamedTuple[(("name" : String), ("age" : String)), Tuple]
    |
    | longer explanation available when compiling with `-explain`
 -- Warning: tests/neg/named-tuples.scala:24:29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------