diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-licenses.yml
index 21ab72a5e9..116b8dd095 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-licenses.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-licenses.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 on:
-  cron:
+  schedule:
     # weekly on Monday at 0:07 UTC
     - cron: "7 0 * * 1"