diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing-paths.ts b/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing-paths.ts
index 8ad5583269..43b37f954a 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing-paths.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/item-page-routing-paths.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ export function getItemModuleRoute() {
 
 /**
  * Get the route to an item's page
- * Depending on the item's relationship type, the route will either start with /items or /entities
+ * Depending on the item's entity type, the route will either start with /items or /entities
  * @param item  The item to retrieve the route for
  */
 export function getItemPageRoute(item: Item) {
-  const type = item.firstMetadataValue('relationship.type');
+  const type = item.firstMetadataValue('dspace.entity.type');
   return getEntityPageRoute(type, item.uuid);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts
index 43489fbf6d..d64f37ad78 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('DsoRedirectDataService', () => {
     it('should navigate to entities route with the corresponding entity type', () => {
       remoteData.payload.type = 'item';
       remoteData.payload.metadata =  {
-        'relationship.type': [
+        'dspace.entity.type': [
           {
             language: 'en_US',
             value: 'Publication'
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/dspace-rest/mocks/mock-publication-response.json b/src/app/shared/mocks/dspace-rest/mocks/mock-publication-response.json
index d298812e5d..cc4cb5fa46 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/dspace-rest/mocks/mock-publication-response.json
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/dspace-rest/mocks/mock-publication-response.json
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         "place": 0
       }
     ],
-    "relationship.type": [
+    "dspace.entity.type": [
       {
         "value": "Publication",
         "language": null,