diff --git a/tests/py_test.py b/tests/py_test.py
index 204a96dd4be..623760b0649 100644
--- a/tests/py_test.py
+++ b/tests/py_test.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def test_wire_format(self):
 class TestObjectBasedAPI(unittest.TestCase):
   """ Tests the generated object based API."""
 
-  def test_consistenty_with_repeated_pack_and_unpack(self):
+  def test_consistency_with_repeated_pack_and_unpack(self):
     """ Checks the serialization and deserialization between a buffer and
 
         its python object. It tests in the same way as the C++ object API test,