diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/DoiBoostMappingUtil.scala b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/DoiBoostMappingUtil.scala
index 9c9221b272..8d906fa15f 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/DoiBoostMappingUtil.scala
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/DoiBoostMappingUtil.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ object DoiBoostMappingUtil {
   //STATIC STRING
   val MAG = "microsoft"
   val MAG_NAME = "Microsoft Academic Graph"
-  val ORCID = "ORCID"
+  val ORCID = "orcid"
+  val ORCID_PENDING = "orcid_pending"
   val CROSSREF = "Crossref"
   val UNPAYWALL = "UnpayWall"
   val GRID_AC = "grid.ac"
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/Crossref2Oaf.scala b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/Crossref2Oaf.scala
index 5ba01357e7..d1ceb9a072 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/Crossref2Oaf.scala
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/crossref/Crossref2Oaf.scala
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ case object Crossref2Oaf {
     a.setSurname(family)
     a.setFullname(s"$given $family")
     if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(orcid))
-      a.setPid(List(createSP(orcid, ORCID, PID_TYPES, generateDataInfo())).asJava)
+      a.setPid(List(createSP(orcid, ORCID_PENDING, PID_TYPES, generateDataInfo())).asJava)
 
     a
   }