diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 18cb45f..f97d818 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - Vladimir Kozyrev [@fieryvova](https://github.com/fieryvova)
 - Haibo Jia [@bluethon](https://github.com/bluethon)
 
-## Beceause committers are not the only contributors
+## Because committers are not the only contributors
 
 - Ewout Prangsma [@ewoutp](https://github.com/ewoutp)
 - [@soosap](https://github.com/soosap)