diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.8.nix
index 643e762ab11..83e87bf4c2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.8.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # https://github.com/JuliaCI/julia-buildbot/blob/master/master/inventory.py
     "JULIA_CPU_TARGET=generic;sandybridge,-xsaveopt,clone_all;haswell,-rdrnd,base(1)"
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isAarch64 [
-    "JULIA_CPU_TERGET=generic;cortex-a57;thunderx2t99;armv8.2-a,crypto,fullfp16,lse,rdm"
+    "JULIA_CPU_TARGET=generic;cortex-a57;thunderx2t99;armv8.2-a,crypto,fullfp16,lse,rdm"
   ];
 
   # remove forbidden reference to $TMPDIR