diff --git a/data/templates/article.jats_publishing b/data/templates/article.jats_publishing
index 15d2e3b08..3a3a8f8cf 100644
--- a/data/templates/article.jats_publishing
+++ b/data/templates/article.jats_publishing
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ $if(journal.abbrev-title)$
 $endif$
 </journal-title-group>
 $if(journal.pissn)$
-<issn pub-type="ppub">$journal.pissn$</issn>
+<issn publication-format="print">$journal.pissn$</issn>
 $endif$
 $if(journal.eissn)$
-<issn pub-type="epub">$journal.eissn$</issn>
+<issn publication-format="electronic">$journal.eissn$</issn>
 $endif$
 $-- At least one issn element is required; use empty issn as fallback
 $if(journal.pissn)$
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ $endif$
 </author-notes>
 $endif$
 $if(date)$
-<pub-date pub-type="epub"$if(date.iso-8601)$ iso-8601-date="$date.iso-8601$"$endif$>
+<pub-date publication-format="electronic"$if(date.iso-8601)$ iso-8601-date="$date.iso-8601$"$endif$>
 $if(date.day)$
 <day>$date.day$</day>
 $endif$
diff --git a/doc/jats.md b/doc/jats.md
index 0faea8b06..0e717d0d8 100644
--- a/doc/jats.md
+++ b/doc/jats.md
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ Metadata Values
 
     The publication date is recorded in the document via the
     [`<pub-date>`][elem:pub-date] element and its sub-elements. The
-    [`pub-type`][attr:pub-type] attribute is always set to `epub`.
+    [`publication-format`][attr:publication-format] attribute is
+    always set to `electronic`.
 
     `iso-8601`
     :   ISO-8601 representation of the publication date. Used as the
@@ -300,12 +301,14 @@ Metadata Values
     `pissn`
     :   ISSN identifier of the publication's print version. Used as
         content of the [`<issn>`][elem:issn] element with the
-        [`pub-type`][attr:pub-type] attribute set to `ppub`.
+        [`publication-format`][attr:publication-format] attribute
+        set to `print`.
 
     `eissn`
     :   ISSN identifier of the publication's electronic version.
         Used as content of the [`<issn>`][elem:issn] element with
-        the [`pub-type`][attr:pub-type] attribute set to `epub`.
+        the [`publication-format`][attr:publication-format]
+        attribute set to `electronic`.
 
     `publisher-name`
     :   name of the publishing entity (person, company, or other).
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ Required metadata values:
 [attr:kwd-group-type]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/kwd-group-type.html
 [attr:license-type]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/license-type.html
 [attr:pub-id-type]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/pub-id-type.html
-[attr:pub-type]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/pub-type.html
+[attr:publication-format]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/publication-format.html
 [attr:ref-type]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/ref-type.html
 [attr:rid]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/rid.html
 [attr:subj-group-type]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.2/attribute/subj-group-type.html
diff --git a/test/writer.jats_archiving b/test/writer.jats_archiving
index 2d06c5cab..941f5e87d 100644
--- a/test/writer.jats_archiving
+++ b/test/writer.jats_archiving
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 <string-name>Anonymous</string-name>
 </contrib>
 </contrib-group>
-<pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2006-07-17">
+<pub-date publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2006-07-17">
 <day>17</day>
 <month>7</month>
 <year>2006</year>
diff --git a/test/writer.jats_publishing b/test/writer.jats_publishing
index 915471576..f7d4a4720 100644
--- a/test/writer.jats_publishing
+++ b/test/writer.jats_publishing
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 <string-name>Anonymous</string-name>
 </contrib>
 </contrib-group>
-<pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2006-07-17">
+<pub-date publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2006-07-17">
 <day>17</day>
 <month>7</month>
 <year>2006</year>