diff --git a/dev-python/requests-file/metadata.xml b/dev-python/requests-file/metadata.xml
index 42aafecd8d287..f3de5f693ed87 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests-file/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/requests-file/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="project">
+  <maintainer type="person">
     <email>patrick@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Patrick Lauer</name>
   </maintainer>