diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/step_security.go b/builder/oracle/classic/step_security.go
index 892695f83..a4b547d27 100644
--- a/builder/oracle/classic/step_security.go
+++ b/builder/oracle/classic/step_security.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *stepSecurity) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multiste
 		application = "/oracle/public/ssh"
 	} else if commType == "WINRM" {
 		// Check to see whether a winRM security protocol is already defined;
-		// don't need to do this for SSH becasue it is built into the Oracle API.
+		// don't need to do this for SSH because it is built into the Oracle API.
 		protocolClient := client.SecurityProtocols()
 		winrmProtocol := fmt.Sprintf("WINRM_%s", runUUID)
 		input := compute.CreateSecurityProtocolInput{