diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/openaire/OpenAireExportUtil.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/openaire/OpenAireExportUtil.java
index a0229df00c5..639574c9e08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/openaire/OpenAireExportUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/openaire/OpenAireExportUtil.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class OpenAireExportUtil {
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(OpenAireExportUtil.class.getCanonicalName());
 
     public static String XSI_NAMESPACE = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-    public static String SCHEMA_VERSION = "4.1";
+    public static String SCHEMA_VERSION = "4.5";
     public static String RESOURCE_NAMESPACE = "http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4";
     public static String RESOURCE_SCHEMA_LOCATION = "http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/metadata.xsd";
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/OpenAireExporterTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/OpenAireExporterTest.java
index 2d06436fb33..cfde085128c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/OpenAireExporterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/OpenAireExporterTest.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public void testGetXMLNameSpace() throws Exception {
     public void testGetXMLSchemaLocation() throws Exception {
         System.out.println("getXMLSchemaLocation");
         OpenAireExporter instance = new OpenAireExporter();
-        String expResult = "http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.1/metadata.xsd";
+        String expResult = "http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/metadata.xsd";
         String result = instance.getXMLSchemaLocation();
         assertEquals(expResult, result);
     }
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public void testGetXMLSchemaLocation() throws Exception {
     public void testGetXMLSchemaVersion() throws Exception {
         System.out.println("getXMLSchemaVersion");
         OpenAireExporter instance = new OpenAireExporter();
-        String expResult = "4.1";
+        String expResult = "4.5";
         String result = instance.getXMLSchemaVersion();
         assertEquals(expResult, result);
     }