diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/catalogimport/CatalogImportIT.java b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/catalogimport/CatalogImportIT.java
index 9d7f8ac580b..86f9e31ed70 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/catalogimport/CatalogImportIT.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/catalogimport/CatalogImportIT.java
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ public class CatalogImportIT {
     private static final int PROJECT_ID = 1;
     private static final int TEMPLATE_ID = 1;
     private static final int IMPORT_DEPTH = 2;
-    private static final String PUBLICATION_START_KEY = "PublicationStart";
-    private static final String PUBLICATION_VALUE_OLD = "2019";
-    private static final String PUBLICATION_VALUE_NEW = "2020";
+    private static final String PUBLICATION_YEAR = "PublicationYear";
+    private static final String PUBLICATION_YEAR_OLD = "1979";
+    private static final String PUBLICATION_YEAR_NEW = "1980";
     private int testProcessId = 0;
     private static final List<Locale.LanguageRange> languages = Locale.LanguageRange.parse("de, en");
 
@@ -108,18 +108,18 @@ public void shouldSuccessfullyUpdateMetadata() throws Exception {
                 existingMetadata, languages, "Monograph");
         assertFalse(metadataComparisons.isEmpty(), "List of metadata comparisons should not be empty");
         MetadataComparison firstComparison = metadataComparisons.get(0);
-        assertEquals(PUBLICATION_START_KEY, firstComparison.getMetadataKey(),
-                String.format("Changed metadata should be '%s'", PUBLICATION_START_KEY));
-        MetadataEntry publicationMetadataOld = new MetadataEntry();
-        publicationMetadataOld.setKey(PUBLICATION_START_KEY);
-        publicationMetadataOld.setValue(PUBLICATION_VALUE_OLD);
-        MetadataEntry publicationMetadataNew = new MetadataEntry();
-        publicationMetadataNew.setKey(PUBLICATION_START_KEY);
-        publicationMetadataNew.setValue(PUBLICATION_VALUE_NEW);
-        assertTrue(firstComparison.getOldValues().contains(publicationMetadataOld),
-                String.format("Old values should contain publication year %s", publicationMetadataOld.getValue()));
-        assertTrue(firstComparison.getNewValues().contains(publicationMetadataNew),
-                String.format("New values should contain publication year %s", publicationMetadataNew.getValue()));
+        assertEquals(PUBLICATION_YEAR, firstComparison.getMetadataKey(),
+                String.format("Changed metadata should be '%s'", PUBLICATION_YEAR));
+        MetadataEntry publicationYearOld = new MetadataEntry();
+        publicationYearOld.setKey(PUBLICATION_YEAR);
+        publicationYearOld.setValue(PUBLICATION_YEAR_OLD);
+        MetadataEntry publicationYearNew = new MetadataEntry();
+        publicationYearNew.setKey(PUBLICATION_YEAR);
+        publicationYearNew.setValue(PUBLICATION_YEAR_NEW);
+        assertTrue(firstComparison.getOldValues().contains(publicationYearOld),
+                String.format("Old values should contain publication year %s", publicationYearOld.getValue()));
+        assertTrue(firstComparison.getNewValues().contains(publicationYearNew),
+                String.format("New values should contain publication year %s", publicationYearNew.getValue()));
     }
 
     private static void setupServer() throws IOException {
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/importRecords/reimportMetadata.xml b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/importRecords/reimportMetadata.xml
index 96ba31f9d03..221bb193165 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/importRecords/reimportMetadata.xml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/importRecords/reimportMetadata.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
                     </recordInfo>
                     <originInfo eventType="publication">
                         <publisher>Test Publisher</publisher>
+                        <dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">1980-07-22</dateIssued>
                     </originInfo>
                 </mods>
             </srw:recordData>
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/metadata/metadataFiles/testmetaReimport.xml b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/metadata/metadataFiles/testmetaReimport.xml
index a6859df585e..fd2dcec2a10 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/metadata/metadataFiles/testmetaReimport.xml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/metadata/metadataFiles/testmetaReimport.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
                 <kitodo:kitodo xmlns:kitodo="http://meta.kitodo.org/v1/" version="1.0">
                     <kitodo:metadata name="PublisherName">Test Publisher</kitodo:metadata>
                     <kitodo:metadata name="document_type">Monograph</kitodo:metadata>
-                    <kitodo:metadata name="PublicationStart">2019</kitodo:metadata>
                     <kitodo:metadata name="CatalogIDDigital">789</kitodo:metadata>
+                    <kitodo:metadata name="PublicationYear">1979</kitodo:metadata>
                 </kitodo:kitodo>
             </mets:xmlData>
         </mets:mdWrap>
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/rulesets/ruleset_test.xml b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/rulesets/ruleset_test.xml
index ae346f9ce23..e53e0ab1ffa 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/rulesets/ruleset_test.xml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/rulesets/ruleset_test.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
             <permit key="CatalogIDDigital" minOccurs="1"/>
             <permit key="CatalogIDSource" minOccurs="1"/>
             <permit key="TSL_ATS"/>
+            <permit key="PublicationYear"/>
             <permit key="ContributorPerson"/>
             <permit key="Person">
                 <permit key="Role" unspecified="forbidden">