diff --git a/dev-python/sqlalchemy-rqlite/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sqlalchemy-rqlite/metadata.xml
index 06a5da5b3579f..c010c6f7d4159 100644
--- a/dev-python/sqlalchemy-rqlite/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/sqlalchemy-rqlite/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">rqlite/sqlalchemy-rqlite</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
-	<maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>