diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index 08ce422f07..d7396a9485 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 package annotations
 
 const (
-	kataAnnotationsPrefix     = "io.kata-containers."
+	kataAnnotationsPrefix     = "io.katacontainers."
 	kataConfAnnotationsPrefix = kataAnnotationsPrefix + "config."
 	kataAnnotHypervisorPrefix = kataConfAnnotationsPrefix + "hypervisor."