diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
index 3bcd4ffe..0c45c834 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ for os in el8 suse15 ubuntu20.04; do
     mv ../addons.cpio .
     cd ..
 done
-mkdir esix7out
+mkdir esxi7out
 cd esxi7out
 cp -a .//opt .
 cp -a ../esx7/initramfs/* .