diff --git a/dspace/config/spring/api/csl-citation.xml b/dspace/config/spring/api/csl-citation.xml
index 78bf43835f0..ce98c5a30f0 100644
--- a/dspace/config/spring/api/csl-citation.xml
+++ b/dspace/config/spring/api/csl-citation.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     	<property name="typeConverter" ref="mapConverterPublicationTypes"/>
     	<property name="type" value="dc.type"/>
     	<property name="language" value="dc.language.iso"/>
-        <property name="abstract" value="dc.description.abstract"/>
+        <!-- please note the following is not a typo abstract is a reserved word in JAVA
+             so the property has been named abstrct (without the a) -->
+        <property name="abstrct" value="dc.description.abstract"/>
         <property name="DOI" value="dc.identifier.doi"/>
         <property name="ISBN" value="dc.identifier.isbn"/>
         <property name="ISSN" value="dc.identifier.issn"/>