diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/owner-sync-pagure.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/owner-sync-pagure.j2
index 67f22fc9b8..5c6c03e744 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/owner-sync-pagure.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/owner-sync-pagure.j2
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def set_koji_ownership(pkgs_to_ownership, arches):
         for p in session.listPackages(tagID=tag, inherited=True):
             koji_pkgs[p['package_name']] = p
 
-        for pkg in pkgs_to_ownership.keys().sort():
+        for pkg in sorted(pkgs_to_ownership.keys()):
             owner = pkgs[pkg]
 
             if owner not in koji_users: