diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c856e8f5fe..6f4a11acc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -117,5 +117,28 @@ jobs:
           chromedriver --url-base='/wd/hub' --port=4444 &
           yarn run e2e:ci
 
+      # Start up the app with SSR enabled (run in background)
+      - name: Start app in SSR (server-side rendering) mode
+        run: |
+          nohup yarn run serve:ssr &
+          printf 'Waiting for app to start'
+          until curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:4000/home; do
+            printf '.'
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          echo "App started successfully."
+
+      # Get homepage and verify that the <meta name="title"> tag includes "DSpace".
+      # If it does, then SSR is working, as this tag is created by our MetadataService.
+      # This step also prints entire HTML of homepage for easier debugging if grep fails.
+      - name: Verify SSR (server-side rendering)
+        run: |
+          result=$(wget -O- -q http://localhost:4000/home)
+          echo "$result"
+          echo "$result" | grep -oE "<meta name=\"title\" [^>]*>" | grep DSpace
+
+      - name: Stop running app
+        run: kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:4000)
+
       - name: Shutdown Docker containers
         run: docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose-ci.yml down
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
index 9f3f782406..985851c321 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -107,18 +107,18 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
     tick();
     expect(title.setTitle).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Test PowerPoint Document');
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'citation_title',
+      name: 'citation_title',
       content: 'Test PowerPoint Document'
     });
-    expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ property: 'citation_author', content: 'Doe, Jane' });
+    expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ name: 'citation_author', content: 'Doe, Jane' });
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'citation_publication_date',
+      name: 'citation_publication_date',
       content: '1650-06-26'
     });
-    expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ property: 'citation_issn', content: '123456789' });
-    expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ property: 'citation_language', content: 'en' });
+    expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ name: 'citation_issn', content: '123456789' });
+    expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ name: 'citation_language', content: 'en' });
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'citation_keywords',
+      name: 'citation_keywords',
       content: 'keyword1; keyword2; keyword3'
     });
   }));
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
     });
     tick();
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'citation_dissertation_name',
+      name: 'citation_dissertation_name',
       content: 'Test PowerPoint Document'
     });
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'citation_pdf_url',
+      name: 'citation_pdf_url',
       content: 'https://request.org/bitstreams/4db100c1-e1f5-4055-9404-9bc3e2d15f29/download'
     });
   }));
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
     });
     tick();
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'citation_technical_report_institution',
+      name: 'citation_technical_report_institution',
       content: 'Mock Publisher'
     });
   }));
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
     tick();
     expect(title.setTitle).toHaveBeenCalledWith('DSpace :: Dummy Title');
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'title',
+      name: 'title',
       content: 'DSpace :: Dummy Title'
     });
     expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      property: 'description',
+      name: 'description',
       content: 'This is a dummy item component for testing!'
     });
   }));
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       metadataService.listenForRouteChange();
       tick();
       expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        property: 'Generator',
+        name: 'Generator',
         content: 'mock-dspace-version'
       });
     }));
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       });
       tick();
       expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        property: 'citation_abstract_html_url',
+        name: 'citation_abstract_html_url',
         content: 'https://ddg.gg'
       });
     }));
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       });
       tick();
       expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        property: 'citation_abstract_html_url',
+        name: 'citation_abstract_html_url',
         content: 'https://request.org/items/0ec7ff22-f211-40ab-a69e-c819b0b1f357'
       });
     }));
@@ -240,11 +240,11 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       });
       tick();
       expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        property: 'citation_dissertation_institution',
+        name: 'citation_dissertation_institution',
         content: 'Mock Publisher'
       });
-      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ property: 'citation_technical_report_institution' }));
-      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ property: 'citation_publisher' }));
+      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'citation_technical_report_institution' }));
+      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'citation_publisher' }));
     }));
 
     it('should use citation_tech_report_institution tag for tech reports', fakeAsync(() => {
@@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
         }
       });
       tick();
-      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ property: 'citation_dissertation_institution' }));
+      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'citation_dissertation_institution' }));
       expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        property: 'citation_technical_report_institution',
+        name: 'citation_technical_report_institution',
         content: 'Mock Publisher'
       });
-      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ property: 'citation_publisher' }));
+      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'citation_publisher' }));
     }));
 
     it('should use citation_publisher for other item types', fakeAsync(() => {
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
         }
       });
       tick();
-      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ property: 'citation_dissertation_institution' }));
-      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ property: 'citation_technical_report_institution' }));
+      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'citation_dissertation_institution' }));
+      expect(meta.addTag).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ name: 'citation_technical_report_institution' }));
       expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        property: 'citation_publisher',
+        name: 'citation_publisher',
         content: 'Mock Publisher'
       });
     }));
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       });
       tick();
       expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        property: 'citation_pdf_url',
+        name: 'citation_pdf_url',
         content: 'https://request.org/bitstreams/4db100c1-e1f5-4055-9404-9bc3e2d15f29/download'
       });
     }));
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
         });
         tick();
         expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-          property: 'citation_pdf_url',
+          name: 'citation_pdf_url',
           content: 'https://request.org/bitstreams/4db100c1-e1f5-4055-9404-9bc3e2d15f29/download'
         });
       }));
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
         });
         tick();
         expect(meta.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-          property: 'citation_pdf_url',
+          name: 'citation_pdf_url',
           content: 'https://request.org/bitstreams/cf9b0c8e-a1eb-4b65-afd0-567366448713/download'
         });
       }));
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
     }));
 
     it('should remove previous tags on route change', fakeAsync(() => {
-      expect(meta.removeTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('property=\'title\'');
-      expect(meta.removeTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('property=\'description\'');
+      expect(meta.removeTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('name=\'title\'');
+      expect(meta.removeTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('name=\'description\'');
     }));
 
     it('should clear all tags and add new ones on route change', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
index 6f07ecbb06..1c6946b0d3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
    */
   private setGenerator(): void {
     this.rootService.findRoot().pipe(getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload()).subscribe((root) => {
-      this.meta.addTag({ property: 'Generator', content: root.dspaceVersion });
+      this.meta.addTag({ name: 'Generator', content: root.dspaceVersion });
     });
   }
 
@@ -447,17 +447,17 @@ export class MetadataService {
     return this.currentObject.value.allMetadataValues(keys);
   }
 
-  private addMetaTag(property: string, content: string): void {
+  private addMetaTag(name: string, content: string): void {
     if (content) {
-      const tag = { property, content } as MetaDefinition;
+      const tag = { name, content } as MetaDefinition;
       this.meta.addTag(tag);
-      this.storeTag(property);
+      this.storeTag(name);
     }
   }
 
-  private addMetaTags(property: string, content: string[]): void {
+  private addMetaTags(name: string, content: string[]): void {
     for (const value of content) {
-      this.addMetaTag(property, value);
+      this.addMetaTag(name, value);
     }
   }
 
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ export class MetadataService {
       select(tagsInUseSelector),
       take(1)
     ).subscribe((tagsInUse: string[]) => {
-      for (const property of tagsInUse) {
-        this.meta.removeTag('property=\'' + property + '\'');
+      for (const name of tagsInUse) {
+        this.meta.removeTag('name=\'' + name + '\'');
       }
       this.store.dispatch(new ClearMetaTagAction());
     });