diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b77ca3fc1..d864f7468 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # NEXT
 
+* Fix the SVG element `<animate>` (by the way, deprecate `animation` et
+  al. in favor of `animate` et al.)
+  (#306 by Idir @ilankri Lankri)
+
 * Add support for `dialog` element and `onclose` attribute
   (#301 by Julien Sagot)
 
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@
 
 # 4.4.0
 
-* Add support for Reason's JSX syntax with a new `tyxml-jsx` package 
+* Add support for Reason's JSX syntax with a new `tyxml-jsx` package
   (#254 by Joris Giovannangeli and Gabriel Radanne
    with help from Ulrik Strid and Louis Roché)
 * Modernize the handling of toplevel printers for utop.
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@
 
 ## Elements and attributes
 
-* Add `allowfullscreen`, `allowpaymentrequest`, `referrerpolicy` attributes 
+* Add `allowfullscreen`, `allowpaymentrequest`, `referrerpolicy` attributes
   (#242 by Thibault Suzanne)
 * Allow `crossorigin` attribute for script element
   (#243 by Thibault Suzanne)
diff --git a/lib/svg_f.ml b/lib/svg_f.ml
index ab5a79a7b..0dfd7706d 100644
--- a/lib/svg_f.ml
+++ b/lib/svg_f.ml
@@ -862,7 +862,9 @@ struct
 
   let script = unary "script"
 
-  let animation = star "animate"
+  let animate = star "animate"
+
+  let animation = animate
 
   let set = star "set"
 
diff --git a/lib/svg_sigs.mli b/lib/svg_sigs.mli
index 5219b1ac0..4c04b671c 100644
--- a/lib/svg_sigs.mli
+++ b/lib/svg_sigs.mli
@@ -486,13 +486,13 @@ module type T = sig
   val a_fill : paint wrap -> [> | `Fill ] attrib
 
   val a_animation_fill : [< | `Freeze | `Remove ] wrap -> [> | `Fill_Animation ] attrib
-    [@@reflect.attribute "fill" ["animation"]]
+    [@@reflect.attribute "fill" ["animate"]]
 
   val a_calcMode :
     [< | `Discrete | `Linear | `Paced | `Spline ] wrap -> [> | `CalcMode ] attrib
 
   val a_animation_values : strings wrap -> [> | `Valuesanim ] attrib
-    [@@reflect.attribute "values" ["animation"]]
+    [@@reflect.attribute "values" ["animate"]]
 
   val a_keyTimes : strings wrap -> [> | `KeyTimes ] attrib
 
@@ -884,8 +884,8 @@ module type T = sig
   val script :
     ([< | script_attr], [< | script_content], [> | script]) unary
 
-  val animation :
-    ([< | animation_attr], [< | animation_content], [> | animation]) star
+  val animate :
+    ([< | animate_attr], [< | animate_content], [> | animate]) star
 
   val set : ([< | set_attr], [< | set_content], [> | set]) star
 
@@ -963,7 +963,12 @@ module type T = sig
   [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use txt instead"]
   (** @deprecated Use txt instead *)
 
-  (** {2 Conversion with untyped representation} 
+  val animation :
+    ([< | animate_attr], [< | animate_content], [> | animate]) star
+  [@@ocaml.deprecated "Use animate instead"]
+  (** @deprecated Use animate instead *)
+
+  (** {2 Conversion with untyped representation}
 
       WARNING: These functions do not ensure HTML or SVG validity! You should
       always explicitly given an appropriate type to the output.
diff --git a/lib/svg_types.mli b/lib/svg_types.mli
index a8a019ab8..604f2ae60 100644
--- a/lib/svg_types.mli
+++ b/lib/svg_types.mli
@@ -1593,12 +1593,12 @@ type script_attr =
     | `Xlink_href
   ]
 
-type animation = [ | `Animation ]
+type animate = [ | `Animate ]
 
 (* star *)
-type animation_content = descriptive_element
+type animate_content = descriptive_element
 
-type animation_attr =
+type animate_attr =
   [
     | conditional_processing_attr
     | core_attr
@@ -2056,3 +2056,17 @@ type big_variant =
   | `XML
   | `Xor
   ]
+
+(** {2 Deprecated} *)
+
+type animation = animate
+[@@ocaml.deprecated "Use animate instead"]
+(** @deprecated Use animate instead *)
+
+type animation_content = animate_content
+[@@ocaml.deprecated "Use animate_content instead"]
+(** @deprecated Use animate_content instead *)
+
+type animation_attr = animate_attr
+[@@ocaml.deprecated "Use animate_attr instead"]
+(** @deprecated Use animate_attr instead *)
diff --git a/test/test_jsx.re b/test/test_jsx.re
index 41fef377b..854f55895 100644
--- a/test/test_jsx.re
+++ b/test/test_jsx.re
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ let basics = (
           },
         ],
         [p([a([])])],
-      )      
+      )
     ],
   ),
 );
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ let svg = (
         [feMorphology(~a=[a_feMorphology_operator(`Erode)], [])],
       ),
       (
-        "animation fill, values",
-        [<animation fill="freeze" values="1 2" />],
+        "animate fill, values",
+        [<animate fill="freeze" values="1 2" />],
         [
-          animation(
+          animate(
             ~a=[a_animation_fill(`Freeze), a_animation_values(["1", "2"])],
             [],
           ),
diff --git a/test/test_ppx.ml b/test/test_ppx.ml
index cbdec1c89..5218a23fd 100644
--- a/test/test_ppx.ml
+++ b/test/test_ppx.ml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ let basics = "ppx basics", HtmlTests.make Html.[
 
   "datalist",
   [[%html {|<datalist>
-	<option value="foo">foo</option>
+        <option value="foo">foo</option>
 </datalist>|}]],
   [datalist ~children:(`Options [option ~a:[a_value "foo"] (txt "foo")]) ()];
 
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ let svg = "svg", SvgTests.make Svg.[
   [[%svg "<feMorphology operator='erode'/>"]],
   [feMorphology ~a:[a_feMorphology_operator `Erode] []] ;
 
-  "animation fill, values",
-  [[%svg "<animation fill='freeze' values='1 2'/>"]],
-  [animation ~a:[a_animation_fill `Freeze; a_animation_values ["1"; "2"]] []] ;
+  "animate fill, values",
+  [[%svg "<animate fill='freeze' values='1 2'/>"]],
+  [animate ~a:[a_animation_fill `Freeze; a_animation_values ["1"; "2"]] []] ;
 
 ]