diff --git a/dev-python/icecream/metadata.xml b/dev-python/icecream/metadata.xml
index f4bf55aa56..a7f60b6b2c 100644
--- a/dev-python/icecream/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/icecream/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
+	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>gasc@eurecom.fr</email>
 		<name>Gasc Henri</name>
 	</maintainer>
diff --git a/dev-python/invoke/metadata.xml b/dev-python/invoke/metadata.xml
index af12d05c33..f0b7ed7e1f 100644
--- a/dev-python/invoke/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/invoke/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
+	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>gasc@eurecom.fr</email>
 		<name>Gasc Henri</name>
 	</maintainer>
diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-relaxed/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pytest-relaxed/metadata.xml
index 5fd99fc773..01226bf51c 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-relaxed/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-relaxed/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
+	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>gasc@eurecom.fr</email>
 		<name>Gasc Henri</name>
 	</maintainer>