diff --git a/journals/views.py b/journals/views.py
index 1fa834c117109617bac7af5f7909463c43b19445..6958e33ef4800c70baeb26d0ea50366b9a9d478a 100644
--- a/journals/views.py
+++ b/journals/views.py
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ def generic_metadata_xml_deposit(request, **kwargs):
if relation_to_published:
metadata_xml += (
'<body>\n'
- '<peer_review stage="' + relation_to_published['stage'] + '>\n'
+ '<peer_review stage="' + relation_to_published['stage'] + '">\n'
'<contributors>'
)
if _object.anonymous: