diff --git a/src/zarr/core/dtype/wrapper.py b/src/zarr/core/dtype/wrapper.py
index e974712e38..7be97fa4b4 100644
--- a/src/zarr/core/dtype/wrapper.py
+++ b/src/zarr/core/dtype/wrapper.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True, slots=True)
-class ZDType(Generic[TDType_co, TScalar_co], ABC):
+class ZDType(ABC, Generic[TDType_co, TScalar_co]):
     """
     Abstract base class for wrapping native array data types, e.g. numpy dtypes