diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 0d9d627e7b..b4d5156786 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ authors:
   - family-names: Rush
     given-names: "Alexander M."
 preferred-citation:
-  type: inproceedings
+  type: conference-paper
   authors:
   - family-names: Wolf
     given-names: Thomas