diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Deep/perl-Test-Deep.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-Test-Deep/perl-Test-Deep.SlackBuild
index 1ed0101ad7..c56bd02c67 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Deep/perl-Test-Deep.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Deep/perl-Test-Deep.SlackBuild
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $TMP/$SRCNAM-$VERSION
-chown -R root.root .
+chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \