diff --git a/packages/language-select/src/language-select.js b/packages/language-select/src/language-select.js
index 772163c5f2dca190594ce1537ef2000c3481dade..42b3ade6c04a9eabf06adfb2e5321790f3bfc5c0 100644
--- a/packages/language-select/src/language-select.js
+++ b/packages/language-select/src/language-select.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class LanguageSelect extends AdapterLitElement {
             this.dispatchEvent(event);
 
             // tell a dbp-provider to update the "lang" property
-            this.sendSetPropertyEvent('lang', value);
+            this.sendSetPropertyEvent('language', value);
 
             // Unlike other cases we use the next language for the translations so that
             // users not knowing the current language can understand it.