diff --git a/benchmark_test.go b/benchmark_test.go
index ba0ed84..ec0b367 100644
--- a/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/benchmark_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 88261ee..e15b3ed 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@
 //
 // http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html#load%28java.io.Reader%29
 //
-package goproperties
+package properties
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index fd4da03..11b18a9 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/lex.go b/lex.go
index da542b2..b17a219 100644
--- a/lex.go
+++ b/lex.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file of the go 1.2
 // distribution.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/load.go b/load.go
index 3f6c414..38d171d 100644
--- a/load.go
+++ b/load.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/load_test.go b/load_test.go
index e2086a4..f201f01 100644
--- a/load_test.go
+++ b/load_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 8cb73d8..8fb1851 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/properties.go b/properties.go
index 3995134..289e6a4 100644
--- a/properties.go
+++ b/properties.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 // BUG(frank): Set() does not check for invalid unicode literals since this is currently handled by the lexer.
 // BUG(frank): Write() does not allow to configure the newline character. Therefore, on Windows LF is used.
diff --git a/properties_test.go b/properties_test.go
index bb217fd..2b2c715 100644
--- a/properties_test.go
+++ b/properties_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package goproperties
+package properties
 
 import (
 	"bytes"