diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
index 79c79c0f0932..9ac1ccffb789 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def update_plugins(editor: Editor):
         )
 
     for plugin_line in args.add_plugins:
-        rewrite_input(args.input_fil, editor.deprecated, append=(plugin_line + "\n",))
+        rewrite_input(args.input_file, editor.deprecated, append=(plugin_line + "\n",))
         update()
         plugin = fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(plugin_line)
         commit(