diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index e5705e0debbe858fe25441bd345cfbf85ba2ca97..d4f6704ee630164d188f90c76e8edc73d33bb282 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <description>Set of robot URDFs for benchmarking and developed examples.</description>
   <!-- The maintainer listed here is for the ROS release to receive emails for the buildfarm.
   Please check the repository URL for project maintainer. -->
-  <developer email="carlos.mastalli@ed.ac.uk">Carlos Mastalli</developer>
+  <author email="carlos.mastalli@ed.ac.uk">Carlos Mastalli</author>
   <maintainer email="guilhem.saurel@laas.fr">Guilhem Saurel</maintainer>
   <maintainer email="wolfgang.merkt@ed.ac.uk">Wolfgang Merkt</maintainer>
   <license>BSD</license>