diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cases/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cases/default.nix
index 9df7b9a07f07..c1813c6994c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cases/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cases/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   # Tests have dependencies (pytest-harvest, pytest-steps) which
   # are not available in Nixpkgs. Most of the packages (decopatch,
-  # makefun, pytest-*) have circular dependecies.
+  # makefun, pytest-*) have circular dependencies.
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [