diff --git a/dev-python/backports-csv/metadata.xml b/dev-python/backports-csv/metadata.xml
index c8bd9d982ff2c..51ed615faef83 100644
--- a/dev-python/backports-csv/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/backports-csv/metadata.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <email>grknight@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Brian Evans</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="person">
+  <maintainer type="project">
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
   </maintainer>
   <upstream>