diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_server.py b/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
index 33a2ffa4ae..fa7be18a76 100755
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
                           'name': '/a/c/o',
                           'Content-Encoding': 'gzip'})
 
-    def test_PUT_overwrite_to_older_ts_succcess(self):
+    def test_PUT_overwrite_to_older_ts_success(self):
         old_timestamp = next(self.ts)
         new_timestamp = next(self.ts)