diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
index 9e9f89c8140..8daefd02f5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
@@ -4839,7 +4839,10 @@ public Response deaccessionDataset(@Context ContainerRequestContext crc, @PathPa
                     }
                 }
                 execCommand(new DeaccessionDatasetVersionCommand(req, datasetVersion, false));
-                return ok("Dataset " + datasetId + " deaccessioned for version " + versionId);
+                
+                return ok("Dataset " + 
+                        (":persistentId".equals(datasetId) ? datasetVersion.getDataset().getGlobalId().asString() : datasetId) + 
+                        " deaccessioned for version " + versionId);
             } catch (JsonParsingException jpe) {
                 return error(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST, "Error parsing Json: " + jpe.getMessage());
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
index d2d14b824bd..cb9481d3491 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
@@ -3910,6 +3910,7 @@ public void getDatasetVersionCitation() {
         String dataverseAlias = UtilIT.getAliasFromResponse(createDataverseResponse);
 
         Response createDatasetResponse = UtilIT.createRandomDatasetViaNativeApi(dataverseAlias, apiToken);
+        createDatasetResponse.prettyPrint();
         createDatasetResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(CREATED.getStatusCode());
         int datasetId = JsonPath.from(createDatasetResponse.body().asString()).getInt("data.id");
 
@@ -3928,7 +3929,9 @@ public void getDatasetVersionCitation() {
         publishDatasetResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
 
         Response deaccessionDatasetResponse = UtilIT.deaccessionDataset(datasetId, DS_VERSION_LATEST_PUBLISHED, "Test deaccession reason.", null, apiToken);
-        deaccessionDatasetResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+        deaccessionDatasetResponse.prettyPrint();
+        deaccessionDatasetResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
+                .assertThat().body("data.message", containsString(String.valueOf(datasetId)));
 
         // includeDeaccessioned false
         Response getDatasetVersionCitationNotDeaccessioned = UtilIT.getDatasetVersionCitation(datasetId, DS_VERSION_LATEST_PUBLISHED, false, apiToken);
@@ -3939,8 +3942,20 @@ public void getDatasetVersionCitation() {
         getDatasetVersionCitationDeaccessioned.then().assertThat()
                 .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
                 .body("data.message", containsString("DEACCESSIONED VERSION"));
+
+        publishDatasetResponse = UtilIT.publishDatasetViaNativeApi(datasetId, "major", apiToken);
+        publishDatasetResponse.prettyPrint();
+        publishDatasetResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+
+        String persistentId = JsonPath.from(createDatasetResponse.body().asString()).getString("data.persistentId");
+
+        deaccessionDatasetResponse = UtilIT.deaccessionDataset(persistentId, DS_VERSION_LATEST_PUBLISHED, "Test deaccession reason.", null, apiToken);
+        deaccessionDatasetResponse.prettyPrint();
+        deaccessionDatasetResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
+                .assertThat().body("data.message", containsString(String.valueOf(persistentId)));
     }
 
+    
     @Test
     public void getVersionFiles() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         Response createUser = UtilIT.createRandomUser();
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/FilesIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/FilesIT.java
index 7150b32c2b0..e3c26284d55 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/FilesIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/FilesIT.java
@@ -1526,6 +1526,7 @@ public void testGetFileInfo() {
                 .body("data.label", equalTo(newFileNameSecondUpdate));
 
         // The following tests cover cases where the dataset version is deaccessioned
+        
         Response deaccessionDatasetResponse = UtilIT.deaccessionDataset(datasetId, "3.0", "Test reason", null, superUserApiToken);
         deaccessionDatasetResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
index b9ae97649a9..257610dbc32 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
@@ -3845,17 +3845,38 @@ static Response getHasBeenDeleted(String dataFileId, String apiToken) {
                 .get("/api/files/" + dataFileId + "/hasBeenDeleted");
     }
 
-    static Response deaccessionDataset(Integer datasetId, String version, String deaccessionReason, String deaccessionForwardURL, String apiToken) {
+    static Response deaccessionDataset(int datasetId, String version, String deaccessionReason, String deaccessionForwardURL, String apiToken) {
+        return deaccessionDataset(String.valueOf(datasetId), version, deaccessionReason, deaccessionForwardURL, apiToken);
+    }
+
+    static Response deaccessionDataset(String datasetIdOrPersistentId, String versionId, String deaccessionReason, String deaccessionForwardURL, String apiToken) {
+        
+        String idInPath = datasetIdOrPersistentId; // Assume it's a number.
+        String optionalQueryParam = ""; // If idOrPersistentId is a number we'll just put it in the path.
+        if (!NumberUtils.isCreatable(datasetIdOrPersistentId)) {
+            idInPath = ":persistentId";
+            optionalQueryParam = "?persistentId=" + datasetIdOrPersistentId;
+        }
+    
         JsonObjectBuilder jsonObjectBuilder = Json.createObjectBuilder();
         jsonObjectBuilder.add("deaccessionReason", deaccessionReason);
         if (deaccessionForwardURL != null) {
             jsonObjectBuilder.add("deaccessionForwardURL", deaccessionForwardURL);
         }
+
         String jsonString = jsonObjectBuilder.build().toString();
+        StringBuilder query = new StringBuilder()
+            .append("/api/datasets/")
+            .append(idInPath)
+            .append("/versions/")
+            .append(versionId)
+            .append("/deaccession")
+            .append(optionalQueryParam);   
+                 
         return given()
-                .header(API_TOKEN_HTTP_HEADER, apiToken)
-                .body(jsonString)
-                .post("/api/datasets/" + datasetId + "/versions/" + version + "/deaccession");
+            .header(API_TOKEN_HTTP_HEADER, apiToken)
+            .body(jsonString)
+            .post(query.toString());
     }
 
     static Response getDownloadSize(Integer datasetId,