diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 3155790e9d..815a455135 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -927,7 +927,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
             <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
-            <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Email.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Email.java
index c0d191caf5..6db27c9e4f 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Email.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Email.java
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ public class Email {
     private static final String RESOURCE_REPOSITORY_NAME = "Email";
     private static final Properties VELOCITY_PROPERTIES = new Properties();
     static {
-        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put(Velocity.RESOURCE_LOADER, "string");
-        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("string.resource.loader.description",
+        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put(Velocity.RESOURCE_LOADERS, "string");
+        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("resource.loader.string.description",
                 "Velocity StringResource loader");
-        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("string.resource.loader.class",
+        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("resource.loader.string.class",
                 StringResourceLoader.class.getName());
-        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("string.resource.loader.repository.name",
+        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("resource.loader.string.repository.name",
                 RESOURCE_REPOSITORY_NAME);
-        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("string.resource.loader.repository.static",
+        VELOCITY_PROPERTIES.put("resource.loader.string.repository.static",
                 "false");
     }