diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py
index b71b0d7173e9b9..43c14a64d1f8c2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ def machine_type_update(module, request, response):
     auth.post(
         ''.join([
             "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/",
-            "projdcts/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{name}/setMachineType"
+            "projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{name}/setMachineType"
         ]).format(**module.params),
         {
             u'machineType': machine_type_selflink(module.params.get('machine_type'), module.params)