diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f93bbc..83641dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A scalable solution for initial filesystems focused on minimal resource usage, s
 
 - [What is initoverlayfs?](#what-is-initoverlayfs)
 - [Why use initoverlayfs?](#why-use-initoverlayfs)
-- [Dependancies](#dependancies)
+- [Dependencies](#dependencies)
 - [Installation](#installation)
 	* [Step 1 - Deploy the software](#step-1---deploy-the-software)
 	* [Step 2 - Run initoverlayfs-install](#step-2---run-initoverlayfs-install)
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ This is a graphic comparing the systemd start time using initramfs only vs using
 
 ![image](https://github.com/containers/initoverlayfs/assets/1694275/f18db634-1c51-4ff7-9c68-423abee0fce4)
 
-# Dependancies
+# Dependencies
 
 - EROFS - Initoverlayfs uses erofs as the underlying filesystem.
 - dracut - As the initramfs and initoverlayfs composing tool.
 - systemd - As the init system.
 
-Note: none of the above dependancies are strictly needed, all the tools could be swapped out for other similar tools.
+Note: none of the above dependencies are strictly needed, all the tools could be swapped out for other similar tools.
 
 # Installation
 
diff --git a/initoverlayfs.spec.in b/initoverlayfs.spec.in
index ffc1d4e..01a3fae 100644
--- a/initoverlayfs.spec.in
+++ b/initoverlayfs.spec.in
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ install -D -m755 lib/kernel/install.d/94-initoverlayfs.install ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 * Fri Oct 13 2023 Eric Curtin <ecurtin@redhat.com> - 0.91-1
 - Rm custom tokenizer, replace with strtok.
 * Thu Oct 12 2023 Eric Curtin <ecurtin@redhat.com> - 0.9-1
-- Change to bls_parser, split into separate files. Remove grub dependancy.
+- Change to bls_parser, split into separate files. Remove grub dependency.
 * Thu Oct 5 2023 Eric Curtin <ecurtin@redhat.com> - 0.8-1
 - Change to initoverlayfs.bootfs and initoverlay.bootfstype
 * Wed Oct 4 2023 Eric Curtin <ecurtin@redhat.com> - 0.7-1