diff --git a/dev-erlang/yconf/metadata.xml b/dev-erlang/yconf/metadata.xml
index d33dedda88426..9c843c8f055f2 100644
--- a/dev-erlang/yconf/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-erlang/yconf/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="person">
+	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>ejabberd@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>