diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2cc082a33898b413b3872aa06256a00946ebd7b0..9418157f71edf65f4ca614c9b32be787bb4da80c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 *.vapi gitlab-language=vala
-meson.build gitlab-language=meson
+meson.build gitlab-language=python