diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JSONLDUtil.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JSONLDUtil.java
index 52491a5a7e1..512576adff7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JSONLDUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JSONLDUtil.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import com.apicatalog.jsonld.document.JsonDocument;
 
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetVersion.VersionState;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.dataset.DatasetType;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.license.License;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.license.LicenseServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.pidproviders.PidProvider;
@@ -96,6 +97,17 @@ public static Dataset updateDatasetMDFromJsonLD(Dataset ds, String jsonLDBody,
         //Store the metadatalanguage if sent - the caller needs to check whether it is allowed (as with any GlobalID)
         ds.setMetadataLanguage(jsonld.getString(JsonLDTerm.schemaOrg("inLanguage").getUrl(),null));
 
+        try (StringReader rdr = new StringReader(jsonLDBody)) {
+            try (JsonReader jsonReader = Json.createReader(rdr)) {
+                JsonObject jsonObject = jsonReader.readObject();
+                String datasetType = jsonObject.getString("datasetType", null);
+                logger.info("datasetType: " + datasetType);
+                if (datasetType != null) {
+                    ds.setDatasetType(new DatasetType(DatasetType.Type.fromString(datasetType)));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         dsv = updateDatasetVersionMDFromJsonLD(dsv, jsonld, metadataBlockSvc, datasetFieldSvc, append, migrating, licenseSvc);
         dsv.setDataset(ds);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetTypesIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetTypesIT.java
index bb3ec1e94ba..6c67e3d32f2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetTypesIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetTypesIT.java
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
 import io.restassured.response.Response;
 import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.CREATED;
 import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.OK;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class DatasetTypesIT {
@@ -46,14 +44,38 @@ public void testCreateSoftwareDatasetNative() {
         getDatasetJson.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
         String dataseType = JsonPath.from(getDatasetJson.getBody().asString()).getString("data.datasetType");
         System.out.println("datasetType: " + dataseType);
-        assertEquals("software", dataseType);
+        assertEquals("SOFTWARE", dataseType);
     }
 
-    @Disabled
     @Test
     public void testCreateSoftwareDatasetSemantic() {
-        String jsonIn = "doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-create-software.jsonld";
-        System.out.println("semantic: " + jsonIn);
+        Response createUser = UtilIT.createRandomUser();
+        createUser.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+        String username = UtilIT.getUsernameFromResponse(createUser);
+        String apiToken = UtilIT.getApiTokenFromResponse(createUser);
+
+        Response createDataverse = UtilIT.createRandomDataverse(apiToken);
+        createDataverse.then().assertThat().statusCode(CREATED.getStatusCode());
+        String dataverseAlias = UtilIT.getAliasFromResponse(createDataverse);
+        Integer dataverseId = UtilIT.getDataverseIdFromResponse(createDataverse);
+
+        String jsonIn = UtilIT.getDatasetJson("doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-create-software.jsonld");
+
+        Response createSoftware = UtilIT.createDatasetSemantic(dataverseAlias, jsonIn, apiToken);
+        createSoftware.prettyPrint();
+        createSoftware.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(CREATED.getStatusCode());
+
+        //TODO: try sending "junk" instead of "software".
+        Integer datasetId = UtilIT.getDatasetIdFromResponse(createSoftware);
+        String datasetPid = JsonPath.from(createSoftware.getBody().asString()).getString("data.persistentId");
+
+        Response getDatasetJson = UtilIT.nativeGet(datasetId, apiToken);
+        getDatasetJson.prettyPrint();
+        getDatasetJson.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+        String dataseType = JsonPath.from(getDatasetJson.getBody().asString()).getString("data.datasetType");
+        System.out.println("datasetType: " + dataseType);
+        assertEquals("SOFTWARE", dataseType);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
index 0216859b869..585b60834d4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
@@ -497,6 +497,15 @@ static Response createDataset(String dataverseAlias, String datasetJson, String
         return createDatasetResponse;
     }
 
+    static Response createDatasetSemantic(String dataverseAlias, String datasetJson, String apiToken) {
+        Response response = given()
+                .header(API_TOKEN_HTTP_HEADER, apiToken)
+                .body(datasetJson)
+                .contentType("application/ld+json")
+                .post("/api/dataverses/" + dataverseAlias + "/datasets");
+        return response;
+    }
+
     static String getDatasetJson(String pathToJsonFile) {
         File datasetVersionJson = new File(pathToJsonFile);
         try {