diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_bamboo/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_bamboo/init.lua
index 5c867e194..c856cbf01 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_bamboo/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_bamboo/init.lua
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ local function create_nodes()
 		tiles = {"mcl_bamboo_bamboo_bottom.png", "mcl_bamboo_bamboo_bottom.png", "mcl_bamboo_bamboo.png"},
 		drawtype = "nodebox",
 		paramtype = "light",
-		groups = {handy = 1, swordy = 1, choppy = 1, flammable = 3},
+		groups = {handy = 1, axey = 1, choppy = 1, flammable = 3},
 		sounds = node_sound,
 
 		drop = {
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ local function create_nodes()
 	minetest.register_node(bamboo, bamboo_def)
 
 	local bamboo_top = table.copy(bamboo_def)
-	bamboo_top.groups = {not_in_creative_inventory = 1, handy = 1, swordy = 1, choppy = 1, flammable = 3}
+	bamboo_top.groups = {not_in_creative_inventory = 1, handy = 1, axey = 1, choppy = 1, flammable = 3}
 	bamboo_top.tiles = {"mcl_bamboo_endcap.png"}
 	bamboo_top.drawtype = "plantlike"
 	bamboo_top.paramtype2 = "meshoptions"