diff --git a/tests/test_update_version_next.py b/tests/test_update_version_next.py
index 95358ee7..10d197a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_update_version_next.py
+++ b/tests/test_update_version_next.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Directives to change
 --------------------
 
-Here, all occurences of NEXT (lowercase) should be changed:
+Here, all occurrences of NEXT (lowercase) should be changed:
 
 .. versionadded:: next