diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts
index c613c59a0c..9b7edf70c0 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class NormalizedItem extends NormalizedDSpaceObject<Item> {
   @relationship(Bundle, true)
   bundles: string[];
 
-  @autoserialize
+  @deserialize
   @relationship(Relationship, true)
   relationships: string[];