diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2
index 772643b448..14be05325d 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class {{ service.async_client_name }}:
                 {% if method.retry.max_backoff %}maximum={{ method.retry.max_backoff }},{% endif %}
                 {% if method.retry.backoff_multiplier %}multiplier={{ method.retry.backoff_multiplier }},{% endif %}
                 predicate=retries.if_exception_type(
-                    {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions|sort(attribue='__name__') %}
+                    {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions|sort(attribute='__name__') %}
                     exceptions.{{ ex.__name__ }},
                     {%- endfor %}
                 ),