diff --git a/rosdep/base.yaml b/rosdep/base.yaml
index c53be0861e91f..f0deb83e09409 100644
--- a/rosdep/base.yaml
+++ b/rosdep/base.yaml
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ libxrandr:
   gentoo: x11-libs/libXrandr
   macports: xorg-libXrandr
   fedora: libXrandr-devel
-linux-headers:
+linux-headers-generic:
   ubuntu: linux-headers-generic
 log4cxx:
   arch: log4cxx