diff --git a/components/application-authenticators/org.wso2.carbon.identity.application.authenticator.samlsso/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/application/authenticator/samlsso/manager/DefaultSAML2SSOManager.java b/components/application-authenticators/org.wso2.carbon.identity.application.authenticator.samlsso/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/application/authenticator/samlsso/manager/DefaultSAML2SSOManager.java
index 307c5bf0d7..dcb68a70cb 100644
--- a/components/application-authenticators/org.wso2.carbon.identity.application.authenticator.samlsso/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/application/authenticator/samlsso/manager/DefaultSAML2SSOManager.java
+++ b/components/application-authenticators/org.wso2.carbon.identity.application.authenticator.samlsso/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/application/authenticator/samlsso/manager/DefaultSAML2SSOManager.java
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ private LogoutRequest buildLogoutRequest(String user, String sessionIndexStr, St
         logoutReq.setIssuer(issuer);
 
         NameID nameId = new NameIDBuilder().buildObject();
-        nameId.setFormat("urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:entity");
+        nameId.setFormat("urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:unspecified");
         nameId.setValue(user);
         logoutReq.setNameID(nameId);