diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_42273_fix_categories_typo.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_42273_fix_categories_typo.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1c2ba0f249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_42273_fix_categories_typo.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+return {
+    bug_number  => "42273",
+    description => "Fix 'idenfity' typo in categories table comment",
+    up          => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ( $dbh, $out ) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+
+        $dbh->do(
+            q{
+                ALTER TABLE `categories`
+                MODIFY COLUMN `categorycode` varchar(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
+                COMMENT 'unique primary key used to identify the patron category'
+            }
+        );
+
+        say $out "Fixed typo in categories.categorycode column comment";
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index 3aff8110e1..faa27cf7ea 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `categories`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
 CREATE TABLE `categories` (
-  `categorycode` varchar(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'unique primary key used to idenfity the patron category',
+  `categorycode` varchar(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'unique primary key used to identify the patron category',
   `description` longtext DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'description of the patron category',
   `enrolmentperiod` smallint(6) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'number of months the patron is enrolled for (will be NULL if enrolmentperioddate is set)',
   `enrolmentperioddate` date DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'date the patron is enrolled until (will be NULL if enrolmentperiod is set)',