diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java
index b4aeb47c022..4826239e3e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ private BibEntry jsonItemToBibEntry(JSONObject item) throws ParseException {
             entry.setField(StandardField.DOI, item.getString("DOI"));
             entry.setField(StandardField.JOURNAL, item.optString("container-title"));
             entry.setField(StandardField.PUBLISHER, item.optString("publisher"));
-            entry.setField(StandardField.ISSUE, item.optString("issue"));
+            entry.setField(StandardField.NUMBER, item.optString("issue"));
             entry.setField(StandardField.KEYWORDS, Optional.ofNullable(item.optJSONArray("subject")).map(this::getKeywords).orElse(""));
             entry.setField(StandardField.PAGES, item.optString("page"));
             entry.setField(StandardField.VOLUME, item.optString("volume"));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRefTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRefTest.java
index d791ef951bc..a0bd0bfc64e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRefTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRefTest.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public void performSearchByIdFindsPaperWithoutTitle() throws Exception {
         entry.setField(StandardField.VOLUME, "42");
         entry.setField(StandardField.YEAR, "1999");
         entry.setField(StandardField.JOURNAL, "Indo-Iranian Journal");
-        entry.setField(StandardField.ISSUE, "2");
+        entry.setField(StandardField.NUMBER, "2");
         entry.setField(StandardField.PUBLISHER, "Brill");
         entry.setField(StandardField.KEYWORDS, "Political Science and International Relations, Linguistics and Language, Philosophy");