diff --git a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/antlr4/org/openmetadata/schema/EntityLink.g4 b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/antlr4/org/openmetadata/schema/EntityLink.g4
index e9b190174d5..a08c9014992 100644
--- a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/antlr4/org/openmetadata/schema/EntityLink.g4
+++ b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/antlr4/org/openmetadata/schema/EntityLink.g4
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ ENTITY_TYPE
     | 'searchService'
     | 'webhook'
     | 'mlmodel'
-    | 'type'
     | 'team'
     | 'user'
     | 'bot'
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLink.test.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLink.test.ts
index e96b47a97e6..e30ed1325da 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLink.test.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLink.test.ts
@@ -130,4 +130,12 @@ describe('Test EntityLink', () => {
       '<#E::table::sample_data.ecommerce_db.shopify.dim_address::columns::address_id>'
     );
   });
+
+  it('should return column name if column name is "type"', () => {
+    const entityLink =
+      '<#E::table::pw-database-service-69e197ad.pw-database-76212f52.pw-database-schema-473d89b5.pw-table-c0cfe45a::columns::type>';
+    const columnName = EntityLink.getTableColumnName(entityLink);
+
+    expect(columnName).toStrictEqual('type');
+  });
 });