diff --git a/sql/patch_33_34.sql b/sql/patch_33_34.sql
index 197047531de06b33e3518a0a89821ec85cedb728..aaa547894e89f3a80944329decc1a93c8afd7eff 100644
--- a/sql/patch_33_34.sql
+++ b/sql/patch_33_34.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SQL to patch a release 33 Ensembl database schema to release 34
 
-ALTER table object_xref CHANGE COLUMN enembl_object_type ENUM( 'RawContig', 'Transcript', 'Gene', 'Translation', 'regulatory_factor', 'regulatory_feature' ) not null;
+ALTER table object_xref MODIFY ensembl_object_type ENUM( 'RawContig', 'Transcript', 'Gene', 'Translation', 'regulatory_factor', 'regulatory_feature' ) not null;
 
 DROP TABLE regulatory_factor_transcript;