diff --git a/ocfl/data/validation-errors.json b/ocfl/data/validation-errors.json
index 41b2d11..eafab21 100644
--- a/ocfl/data/validation-errors.json
+++ b/ocfl/data/validation-errors.json
@@ -136,16 +136,22 @@
        "en": "OCFL Object %s manifest does not include files listed in previous version manifests (%s)"
     }
   },
+  "E024": {
+    "params": ["where", "path"],
+    "description": {
+       "en": "OCFL Object version %s content directory includes empty path %s"
+    }
+  },
   "E025a": {
-    "params": ["where", "digest", "algorithm"],
+    "params": ["where", "digest_algorithm"],
     "description": {
-       "en": "OCFL Object %s inventory manifest block includes a digest (%s) that doesn't have the correct form for the %s algorithm"
+       "en": "OCFL Object %s inventory `digestAlgorithm` attribute not an allowed digest type (got '%s')"
     }
   },
-  "E024": {
-    "params": ["where", "path"],
+  "E025b": {
+    "params": ["where", "digest", "algorithm"],
     "description": {
-       "en": "OCFL Object version %s content directory includes empty path %s"
+       "en": "OCFL Object %s inventory manifest block includes a digest (%s) that doesn't have the correct form for the %s algorithm"
     }
   },
   "E026a": {
@@ -214,12 +220,6 @@
        "en": "OCFL Object %s inventory `type` attribute has an unsupported specification version number (%s), will proceed as if using version %s"
     }
   },
-  "E039": {
-    "params": ["where", "digest_algorithm"],
-    "description": {
-       "en": "OCFL Object %s inventory `digestAlgorithm` attribute not an allowed value (got '%s')"
-    }
-  },
   "E040": {
     "params": ["where", "got", "expected"],
     "description": {
diff --git a/ocfl/inventory_validator.py b/ocfl/inventory_validator.py
index 2e5f5df..e5122eb 100644
--- a/ocfl/inventory_validator.py
+++ b/ocfl/inventory_validator.py
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ def validate(self, inventory, force_spec_version=None):
             self.warning("W004")
             self.digest_algorithm = inventory['digestAlgorithm']
         else:
-            self.error("E039", digest_algorithm=inventory['digestAlgorithm'])
+            self.error("E025a", digest_algorithm=inventory['digestAlgorithm'])
+            return
         if 'contentDirectory' in inventory:
             # Careful only to set self.content_directory if value is safe
             cd = inventory['contentDirectory']
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ def validate_manifest(self, manifest):
             for digest in manifest:
                 m = re.match(self.digest_regex(), digest)
                 if not m:
-                    self.error('E025a', digest=digest, algorithm=self.digest_algorithm)  # wrong form of digest
+                    self.error('E025b', digest=digest, algorithm=self.digest_algorithm)  # wrong form of digest
                 elif not isinstance(manifest[digest], list):
                     self.error('E092', digest=digest)  # must have path list value
                 else:
diff --git a/tests/test_inventory_validator.py b/tests/test_inventory_validator.py
index cacd1da..b1595cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_inventory_validator.py
+++ b/tests/test_inventory_validator.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_validate(self):
         log.clear()
         iv.validate({"id": "like:uri", "type": "wrong type", "digestAlgorithm": "my_digest"})
         self.assertIn('E038b', log.errors)
-        self.assertIn('E039', log.errors)
+        self.assertIn('E025a', log.errors)
         log.clear()
         iv.validate({"id": "like:uri", "type": "wrong type", "digestAlgorithm": "my_digest"})
         self.assertIn('E038b', log.errors)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_validate(self):
         iv = InventoryValidator(log=log, lax_digests=True)
         log.clear()
         iv.validate({"id": "like:uri", "type": "wrong type", "digestAlgorithm": "my_digest"})
-        self.assertNotIn('E039', log.errors)
+        self.assertNotIn('E025a', log.errors)
         self.assertEqual(iv.digest_algorithm, "my_digest")
         iv = InventoryValidator(log=log)
         log.clear()
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_validate_manifest(self):
         self.assertIn('E041c', log.errors)
         log.clear()
         self.assertEqual(iv.validate_manifest({"xxx": []}), ({}, [], set()))
-        self.assertIn('E025a', log.errors)
+        self.assertIn('E025b', log.errors)
         log.clear()
         self.assertEqual(iv.validate_manifest({"067eca3f5b024afa00aeac03a3c42dc0042bf43cba56104037abea8b365c0cf672f0e0c14c91b82bbce6b1464e231ac285d630a82cd4d4a7b194bea04d4b2eb7": "not an array"}), ({}, [], set()))
         self.assertIn('E092', log.errors)