diff --git a/samtools.yaml b/samtools.yaml
index 31b4b7227cf3fa3f11066e51b88e20125ce8003f..bee2162cd5f990d248925792d746e849535ae08b 100644
--- a/samtools.yaml
+++ b/samtools.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: github
 src_repo: samtools/samtools
 tag_prefix: ^
-seperator: .
+separator: .