diff --git a/doc/release-notes/8739-publisher-during-harvesting.md b/doc/release-notes/8739-publisher-during-harvesting.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e1555396c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/8739-publisher-during-harvesting.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The publisher value of harvested datasets is now attributed to the dataset's distributor instead of its producer. This improves the citation associated with these datasets, but the change only affects newly harvested datasets. All datasets should be re-harvested if you wish to pick up this change on already harvested datasets. For more information, see [the guides](https://dataverse-guide--9013.org.readthedocs.build/en/9013/admin/harvestclients.html#harvesting-client-changelog), #8739, and #9013.
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diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/harvestclients.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/harvestclients.rst
index c4c63c80786..41348cc9774 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/harvestclients.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/harvestclients.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ Each harvesting client run logs a separate file per run to the app server's defa
 
 Note that you'll want to run a minimum of Dataverse Software 4.6, optimally 4.18 or beyond, for the best OAI-PMH interoperability.
 
+Harvesting Client Changelog
+---------------------------
+
+- As of Dataverse 6.6, the publisher value of harvested datasets is now attributed to the dataset's distributor instead of its producer. This change affects all newly harvested datasets. For more information, see https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/pull/9013
+
 Harvesting Non-OAI-PMH
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/migration/V6.5.0.1.sql b/src/main/resources/db/migration/V6.5.0.1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4dbd901181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/migration/V6.5.0.1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+update foreignmetadatafieldmapping set datasetfieldname = 'distributorName' where foreignfieldxpath = ':publisher';
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/migration/afterMigrate__1-7256-upsert-referenceData.sql b/src/main/resources/db/migration/afterMigrate__1-7256-upsert-referenceData.sql
index 07e9b2c6266..f63fedba02f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/db/migration/afterMigrate__1-7256-upsert-referenceData.sql
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/migration/afterMigrate__1-7256-upsert-referenceData.sql
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ INSERT INTO foreignmetadatafieldmapping (id, foreignfieldxpath, datasetfieldname
               (15, 'affiliation', 'authorAffiliation', TRUE, 3, 1 ),
               (16, ':contributor', 'contributorName', FALSE, NULL, 1 ),
               (17, 'type', 'contributorType', TRUE, 16, 1 ),
-              (18, ':publisher', 'producerName', FALSE, NULL, 1 ),
+              (18, ':publisher', 'distributorName', FALSE, NULL, 1 ),
               (19, ':language', 'language', FALSE, NULL, 1 )
        ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/HarvestingClientsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/HarvestingClientsIT.java
index 340eab161bb..5020e37edb8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/HarvestingClientsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/HarvestingClientsIT.java
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ private void harvestingClientRun(boolean allowHarvestingMissingCVV)  throws Inte
         }
         // verify count after collecting global ids
         assertEquals(expectedNumberOfSetsHarvested, jsonPath.getInt("data.total_count"));
+
+        // ensure the publisher name is present in the harvested dataset citation
+        Response harvestedDataverse = given().get(ARCHIVE_URL + "/api/dataverses/1");  
+        String harvestedDataverseName = harvestedDataverse.getBody().jsonPath().getString("data.name");        
+        assertTrue(jsonPath.getString("data.items[0].citation").contains(harvestedDataverseName));
         
         // Fail if it hasn't completed in maxWait seconds
         assertTrue(i < maxWait);