diff --git a/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts b/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts
index 756a4c14..2533bc7b 100644
--- a/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts
+++ b/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function parse (commitMessage: string, branchName: string, mainBranch: st
   if (yamlFragment?.groups && branchName.startsWith('dependabot')) {
     const data = YAML.parse(yamlFragment.groups.dependencies)
 
-    # Since we are on the `dependabot` branch (9 letters), the 10th letter in the branch name is the delimiter
+    // Since we are on the `dependabot` branch (9 letters), the 10th letter in the branch name is the delimiter
     const delim = branchName[10]  
     const chunks = branchName.split(delim)
     const dirname = chunks.slice(2, -1).join(delim) || '/'