diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/AbstractWorkspaceMerger.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/AbstractWorkspaceMerger.java
index b709c99e4..ef04ebbc0 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/AbstractWorkspaceMerger.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/AbstractWorkspaceMerger.java
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ public AbstractWorkspaceMerger(IdeContext context) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param file the {@link Path} for which the {@link Path#getParent() parent directory} needs to exists and will be
+   * @param file the {@link Path} for which the {@link Path#getParent() parent directory} needs to exist and will be
    *        created if absent by this method.
    */
-  protected static void ensureParentDirecotryExists(Path file) {
+  protected static void ensureParentDirectoryExists(Path file) {
 
     Path parentDir = file.getParent();
     if (!Files.exists(parentDir)) {
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/FallbackMerger.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/FallbackMerger.java
index e07507f7f..a930d0355 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/FallbackMerger.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/FallbackMerger.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public void inverseMerge(Path workspaceFile, EnvironmentVariables resolver, bool
 
   private void copy(Path sourceFile, Path targetFile) {
 
-    ensureParentDirecotryExists(targetFile);
+    ensureParentDirectoryExists(targetFile);
     try {
       Files.copy(sourceFile, targetFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
     } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/JsonMerger.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/JsonMerger.java
index 777741ef0..04e011a9c 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/JsonMerger.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/JsonMerger.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ private static JsonStructure load(Path file) {
 
   private static void save(JsonStructure json, Path file) {
 
-    ensureParentDirecotryExists(file);
+    ensureParentDirectoryExists(file);
     try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(file)) {
 
       Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/PropertiesMerger.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/PropertiesMerger.java
index d25faf3ed..74292dabc 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/PropertiesMerger.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/PropertiesMerger.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ private void resolve(Properties properties, EnvironmentVariables variables, Obje
   public static void save(Properties properties, Path file) {
 
     Log.trace("Saving properties file " + file);
-    ensureParentDirecotryExists(file);
+    ensureParentDirectoryExists(file);
     try (Writer writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(file)) {
       properties.store(writer, null);
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/XmlMerger.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/XmlMerger.java
index 6cb159c83..4be18367c 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/XmlMerger.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/merge/XmlMerger.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public static Document load(Path file) {
    */
   public static void save(Document document, Path file) {
 
-    ensureParentDirecotryExists(file);
+    ensureParentDirectoryExists(file);
     try {
       Transformer transformer = TRANSFORMER_FACTORY.newTransformer();
       DOMSource source = new DOMSource(document);