diff --git a/src/bin/sage-update-version b/src/bin/sage-update-version
index 0aa1ded9e18..fd6d2a8dcf3 100755
--- a/src/bin/sage-update-version
+++ b/src/bin/sage-update-version
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ git commit -m "Updated SageMath version to $SAGE_VERSION" -- \
     "$SAGE_ROOT/VERSION.txt" \
     "$SAGE_SRC/sage/version.py" \
     "$SAGE_SRC/VERSION.txt" \
-    "$SAGE_SRC/CITATION.cff" \
+    "$SAGE_ROOT/CITATION.cff" \
     "$SAGE_SRC/bin/sage-version.sh" \
     "$SAGE_ROOT/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini" \
     "$SAGE_ROOT/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt" \