diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f9486255..2060aa15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Changelog
 
 * Added unit parameter to the Table class in core
 * Added a hide parameter to ElasticsearchTarget
+* Fix value literal GAUGE_CALC_TOTAL to sum instead of total
 
 0.7.0 (2022-10-02)
 ==================
diff --git a/grafanalib/core.py b/grafanalib/core.py
index 67a08839..42465d06 100644
--- a/grafanalib/core.py
+++ b/grafanalib/core.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def to_json_data(self):
 GAUGE_CALC_MIN = 'min'
 GAUGE_CALC_MAX = 'max'
 GAUGE_CALC_MEAN = 'mean'
-GAUGE_CALC_TOTAL = 'total'
+GAUGE_CALC_TOTAL = 'sum'
 GAUGE_CALC_COUNT = 'count'
 GAUGE_CALC_RANGE = 'range'
 GAUGE_CALC_DELTA = 'delta'