diff --git a/tests/test_schema.py b/tests/test_schema.py
index ba10cb9..9d69ab9 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def _validateSchema(self, dataset, dataId, tableName):
         # the data type mapping from felis datatype to pandas
         typeMapping = {
             "boolean": "^bool$",
+            "short": "^int16$",
             "int": "^int32$",
             "long": "^int64$",
             "float": "^float32$",