diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 029e9329..f1c2c63e 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -692,6 +692,10 @@
         {
             "name": "Fred Callaway",
             "type": "Other"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Jan Thorben Schneider",
+            "type": "Other"
         }
     ],
     "upload_type": "software"
diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index e3b2abb5..26735e58 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
 
             if hascolorbar(sp)
                 cticks = get_colorbar_ticks(sp)[2]
-                colorbar_style = PGFPlotsX.Options("title" => sp[:colorbar_title])
+                colorbar_style = PGFPlotsX.Options("ylabel" => sp[:colorbar_title])
                 if sp[:colorbar] === :top
                     push!(
                         colorbar_style,