diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/api.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/api.go
index 0f549992b7..ae0e906f15 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/api.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/api.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 // apiTracingTags defines tags for the trace span
 var apiTracingTags = map[string]string{
 	"source":    "runtime",
-	"packages":  "virtcontainers",
+	"package":   "virtcontainers",
 	"subsystem": "api",
 }