diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-code-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/executable/ExecutableParser.java b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-code-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/executable/ExecutableParser.java
index 0d94babba2..297e683463 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-code-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/executable/ExecutableParser.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-code-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/executable/ExecutableParser.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public void parsePE(XHTMLContentHandler xhtml, Metadata metadata, InputStream st
                 metadata.set(ARCHITECTURE_BITS, "32");
                 break;
             case 0x8664:
-                metadata.set(MACHINE_TYPE, MACHINE_x86_32);
+                metadata.set(MACHINE_TYPE, MACHINE_x86_64);
                 metadata.set(ENDIAN, Endian.LITTLE.getName());
                 metadata.set(ARCHITECTURE_BITS, "64");
                 break;