diff --git a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
index b2bf4d02b..702efa5ee 100644
--- a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ module Epp::ContactsHelper
   end
 
   def ident_type
-    result = parsed_frame.css('ident').first.try(:attributes).try(:[], 'flag').try(:value)
+    result = parsed_frame.css('ident').first.try(:attributes).try(:[], 'type').try(:value)
     return nil unless result
 
     Contact::IDENT_TYPES.any? { |type| return type if result.include?(type) }
diff --git a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
index 9158529e7..1dce1be90 100644
--- a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe 'EPP Contact', epp: true do
       end
 
       it 'successfully saves ident type' do
-        xml = {ident: { value: '37605030299' , attrs: { flag: 'birthday' } }}
+        xml = {ident: { value: '37605030299' , attrs: { type: 'birthday' } }}
         response = epp_request(create_contact_xml(xml), :xml)
         expect(Contact.last.ident_type).to eq('birthday')
       end
diff --git a/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_helper.rb b/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_helper.rb
index 3d13d7805..6be1d4b6a 100644
--- a/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_helper.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module EppContactXmlHelper
       },
       voice: { value: '+372.1234567' },
       email: { value: 'test@example.example' },
-      ident: { value: '37605030299' , attrs: { flag: 'op' } }
+      ident: { value: '37605030299' , attrs: { type: 'op' } }
     }
 
     xml_params = defaults.deep_merge(xml_params)