diff --git a/dev-ml/alcotest-lwt/metadata.xml b/dev-ml/alcotest-lwt/metadata.xml
index 28dbd0be6a..0a1af60ecf 100644
--- a/dev-ml/alcotest-lwt/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-ml/alcotest-lwt/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">
 		<description>co-maintainers welcome</description>
 		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>