diff --git a/build-aux/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/build-aux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index dfde0863547e..4bc8d1e1dcf2 100644
--- a/build-aux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/build-aux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ description: |
 adopt-info: snapd
 # the base is only needed here for snapcraft to check the ELF sections of
 # binaries inside the snap, which is an unnecessary check for snapcraft itself
-base: core
+build-base: core
 grade: stable
 license: GPL-3.0