diff --git a/openstack_requirements/tests/files/project-with-bad-requirement.txt b/openstack_requirements/tests/files/project-with-bad-requirement.txt
index 4421850fdc..72fed7c407 100644
--- a/openstack_requirements/tests/files/project-with-bad-requirement.txt
+++ b/openstack_requirements/tests/files/project-with-bad-requirement.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ iso8601>=0.1.4
 oslo.config>=1.1.0
 
 
-thisisnotarealdepedency
+thisisnotarealdependency
 
 # For Swift storage backend.
 python-swiftclient>=1.2,<2
diff --git a/openstack_requirements/tests/test_update.py b/openstack_requirements/tests/test_update.py
index 3fb00be833..a1f4bc4036 100644
--- a/openstack_requirements/tests/test_update.py
+++ b/openstack_requirements/tests/test_update.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class UpdateTest(testtools.TestCase):
         actions = update._process_project(
             common.bad_project, common.global_reqs, None, None, None, False)
         errors = [a for a in actions if type(a) is project.Error]
-        msg = u"'thisisnotarealdepedency' is not in global-requirements.txt"
+        msg = u"'thisisnotarealdependency' is not in global-requirements.txt"
         self.assertEqual([project.Error(message=msg)], errors)
 
     def test_requirement_not_in_global_non_fatal(self):
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class UpdateTest(testtools.TestCase):
         reqs = common.project_file(
             self.fail, common.bad_project, 'requirements.txt',
             softupdate=True)
-        self.assertIn("thisisnotarealdepedency", reqs)
+        self.assertIn("thisisnotarealdependency", reqs)
 
     # testing output
     def test_non_verbose_output(self):