diff --git a/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py b/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
index 4fde5a3543ae8..96b2bb8d03a01 100644
--- a/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
+++ b/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 write_cl['delete-after'] = True
 
-yaml = yaml.YAML(type='safe',pure=True)
+yaml = yaml.YAML(typ='safe',pure=True)
 with open(Path.cwd().joinpath("tools/changelog/tags.yml")) as file:
     tags = yaml.load(file)
 
diff --git a/tools/changelog/sierra_check_changelog.py b/tools/changelog/sierra_check_changelog.py
index 3a321f065d74c..7806ff5c12c41 100644
--- a/tools/changelog/sierra_check_changelog.py
+++ b/tools/changelog/sierra_check_changelog.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 if not write_cl['author']:
     print("There are spaces or tabs instead of author username")
 
-yaml = yaml.YAML(type='safe',pure=True)
+yaml = yaml.YAML(typ='safe',pure=True)
 with open(Path.cwd().joinpath("tags.yml")) as file:
     tags = yaml.load(file)