diff --git a/dev-python/debugpy/metadata.xml b/dev-python/debugpy/metadata.xml
index a33a259391..78a9e96df0 100644
--- a/dev-python/debugpy/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/debugpy/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">
     <email>b@edevau.net</email>
     <name>Andreas Billmeier</name>
   </maintainer>