diff --git a/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.test.ts b/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.test.ts
index de6a7dc36..3994cf2b0 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.test.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('Canister Status utility', () => {
   it('should support valid metadata queries', async () => {
     const status = await getStatus([
       {
-        kind: 'medadata',
+        kind: 'metadata',
         path: 'candid:service',
         key: 'candid',
         decodeStrategy: 'hex',
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('Canister Status utility', () => {
     ]);
     const statusEncoded = await getStatus([
       {
-        kind: 'medadata',
+        kind: 'metadata',
         path: encode('candid:service'),
         key: 'candid',
         decodeStrategy: 'hex',
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts b/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts
index 10ff779cb..aab8b68f1 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface CustomPath {
  * Private metadata will require the ${@link Identity} used by the ${@link HttpAgent} will need to be requested using an identity that controlls the canister.
  */
 export interface MetaData {
-  kind: 'medadata';
+  kind: 'metadata';
   key: string;
   path: string | ArrayBuffer;
   decodeStrategy: 'cbor' | 'hex' | 'leb128' | 'raw';