diff --git a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
index 034cd12..3bcb7e0 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
@@ -366,9 +366,10 @@
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsConstantSupported(const TensorInfo& output,
                                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    std::array<DataType,7> supportedTypes =
+    std::array<DataType,8> supportedTypes =
     {
         DataType::BFloat16,
+        DataType::Float16,
         DataType::Float32,
         DataType::QAsymmS8,
         DataType::QAsymmU8,
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerSupportTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerSupportTests.cpp
index 2a27a9d..1648583 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerSupportTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerSupportTests.cpp
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 
     bool result = IsConstantLayerSupportedTests<armnn::RefWorkloadFactory,
             armnn::DataType::Float16>(reasonIfUnsupported);
-    BOOST_CHECK(!result);
+    BOOST_CHECK(result);
 
     result = IsConstantLayerSupportedTests<armnn::RefWorkloadFactory,
             armnn::DataType::Float32>(reasonIfUnsupported);