diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/deposit/zenodorepository/model/builder/ZenodoBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/deposit/zenodorepository/model/builder/ZenodoBuilder.java
index c4eefdb..7b95c04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/deposit/zenodorepository/model/builder/ZenodoBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/deposit/zenodorepository/model/builder/ZenodoBuilder.java
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ public class ZenodoBuilder {
         org.opencdmp.commonmodels.models.dmpblueprint.FieldModel fieldOfSemantic = this.getFieldOfSemantic(dmp, SEMANTIC_PUBLICATION_DATE);
         if (fieldOfSemantic != null){
             DmpBlueprintValueModel dmpBlueprintValueModel = this.getDmpBlueprintValue(dmp, fieldOfSemantic.getId());
-            
-            if (dmpBlueprintValueModel != null && dmpBlueprintValueModel.getValue() != null && !dmpBlueprintValueModel.getValue().isBlank()){
+            if (dmpBlueprintValueModel != null && dmpBlueprintValueModel.getDateValue() != null) {
+                deposit.getMetadata().setPublicationDate(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd").withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).format(dmpBlueprintValueModel.getDateValue()));
+            } else if (dmpBlueprintValueModel != null && dmpBlueprintValueModel.getValue() != null && !dmpBlueprintValueModel.getValue().isBlank()){
                 try {
                     Instant instant = Instant.parse(dmpBlueprintValueModel.getValue());
                     deposit.getMetadata().setPublicationDate(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd").withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).format(instant));