diff --git a/dev-python/cli_helpers/metadata.xml b/dev-python/cli_helpers/metadata.xml
index b4426629df101..ad9e3e04b43d8 100644
--- a/dev-python/cli_helpers/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/cli_helpers/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>