diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/template/processor/TypeAwareProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/template/processor/TypeAwareProcessor.java
index 85b8b2d0..f78392df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/template/processor/TypeAwareProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/template/processor/TypeAwareProcessor.java
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ protected String getUnboxedPrimitive(String paramType) {
             case "java.lang.Byte":
                 return "byte";
             case "java.lang.Character":
-                return "character";
+                return "char";
             case "java.lang.Double":
                 return "double";
             case "java.lang.Float":