diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/identifier/DOIIdentifierProvider.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/identifier/DOIIdentifierProvider.java
index b70eda960d35..e1a4d3e46b9a 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/identifier/DOIIdentifierProvider.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/identifier/DOIIdentifierProvider.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class DOIIdentifierProvider extends FilteredIdentifierProvider {
     // TODO: move these to MetadataSchema or some such?
     public static final String MD_SCHEMA = "dc";
     public static final String DOI_ELEMENT = "identifier";
-    public static final String DOI_QUALIFIER = "uri";
+    public static final String DOI_QUALIFIER = "doi";
     // The DOI is queued for registered with the service provider
     public static final Integer TO_BE_REGISTERED = 1;
     // The DOI is queued for reservation with the service provider