diff --git a/tests/test_utils_elog.py b/tests/test_utils_elog.py
index 51a3d65de..53b78ab5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_elog.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_elog.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_post():
     text = "This is a message"
     author = "robot"
 
-    elog.post(text, attributes = {Author=author})
+    elog.post(text, attributes = {"Author": author})
 
     url = "http://localhost:8080/demo"
     html = requests.get(url).text