diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/components/styled/AddLinkModal.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/components/styled/AddLinkModal.tsx
index c4e165807c..e791859416 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/components/styled/AddLinkModal.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/app/entity/shared/components/styled/AddLinkModal.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const AddLinkModal = ({ buttonProps }: { buttonProps?: Record<string, unk
             });
 
             newLinks.push({
-                author: user?.corpUser,
+                author: user?.corpUser.urn,
                 createdAt: Date.now(),
                 ...formData,
             });