diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
index d90c78e3ab..fd0d29cb59 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
@@ -1495,8 +1495,21 @@ public class XWPFRun implements ISDTContents, IRunElement, CharacterRun {
      *
      * @return {@link STHighlightColor} for the run.
      * @since 4.0.0
+     * @deprecated use {@link #getTextHighlightColor()} instead
      */
+    @Deprecated
+    @Removal(version = "7.0.0")
     public STHighlightColor.Enum getTextHightlightColor() {
+        return getTextHighlightColor();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the highlight color for the run
+     *
+     * @return {@link STHighlightColor} for the run.
+     * @since 5.2.3
+     */
+    public STHighlightColor.Enum getTextHighlightColor() {
         CTRPr pr = getRunProperties(true);
         CTHighlight highlight = pr.sizeOfHighlightArray() > 0 ? pr.getHighlightArray(0) : pr.addNewHighlight();
         STHighlightColor color = highlight.xgetVal();
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
index 84219acee6..dcdfa4c3b9 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
@@ -678,10 +678,10 @@ class TestXWPFRun {
     void testSetGetTextHighlightColor() throws IOException {
         try (XWPFDocument document = new XWPFDocument()) {
             final XWPFRun run = document.createParagraph().createRun();
-            assertSame(STHighlightColor.NONE, run.getTextHightlightColor());
+            assertSame(STHighlightColor.NONE, run.getTextHighlightColor());
             assertFalse(run.isHighlighted());
             run.setTextHighlightColor("darkGreen"); // See 17.18.40 ST_HighlightColor (Text Highlight Colors)
-            assertSame(STHighlightColor.DARK_GREEN, run.getTextHightlightColor());
+            assertSame(STHighlightColor.DARK_GREEN, run.getTextHighlightColor());
             assertTrue(run.isHighlighted());
             run.setTextHighlightColor("none");
             assertFalse(run.isHighlighted());