diff --git a/dev-python/bson/bson-0.5.8.ebuild b/dev-python/bson/bson-0.5.8.ebuild
index f3a3961409..70373627bb 100644
--- a/dev-python/bson/bson-0.5.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/bson/bson-0.5.8.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
-DESCRIPTION="Independent BSON codec for Python that doesn’t depend on MongoDB"
+DESCRIPTION="Independent BSON codec for Python that doesn't depend on MongoDB"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/py-bson/bson"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/py-bson/bson/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"