diff --git a/acls.yml b/acls.yml
index dcfebf615ec4cab13894719c2c9a3c2f018a0628..036f1f888877b5e1e2f722593cc59158471263c4 100644
--- a/acls.yml
+++ b/acls.yml
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ software:
     base: True
   - name: 'Cartopy'
     owner: 'strube1'
-    base: True
+    mpi: True
   - name: 'ccache'
     owner: 'strube1'
     system: True