diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index a42d9681b5..61210a9069 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
-      <!-- intra-project depedencies -->
+      <!-- intra-project dependencies -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-shims</artifactId>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <!-- inter-project depedencies -->
+      <!-- inter-project dependencies -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
         <artifactId>kryo-shaded</artifactId>