diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-nextgen/api.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-nextgen/api.mustache
index 4473d29fbe8..a1c267adae6 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-nextgen/api.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-nextgen/api.mustache
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class {{classname}}(object):
             {{^isDateTime}}
             {{#isDate}}
             if isinstance(_params['{{paramName}}'], datetime):
-                _query_parame.append(('{{baseName}}', _params['{{paramName}}'].strftime(self.api_client.configuration.date_format)))
+                _query_params.append(('{{baseName}}', _params['{{paramName}}'].strftime(self.api_client.configuration.date_format)))
             else:
                 _query_params.append(('{{baseName}}', _params['{{paramName}}']))
             {{/isDate}}
diff --git a/samples/client/echo_api/python-nextgen/openapi_client/api/query_api.py b/samples/client/echo_api/python-nextgen/openapi_client/api/query_api.py
index f1be6bf1d9a..9c19d3be2b7 100644
--- a/samples/client/echo_api/python-nextgen/openapi_client/api/query_api.py
+++ b/samples/client/echo_api/python-nextgen/openapi_client/api/query_api.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class QueryApi(object):
 
         if _params.get('date_query') is not None:  # noqa: E501
             if isinstance(_params['date_query'], datetime):
-                _query_parame.append(('date_query', _params['date_query'].strftime(self.api_client.configuration.date_format)))
+                _query_params.append(('date_query', _params['date_query'].strftime(self.api_client.configuration.date_format)))
             else:
                 _query_params.append(('date_query', _params['date_query']))