diff --git a/app/models/doi.rb b/app/models/doi.rb
index 7e19018d4..6ea459dff 100644
--- a/app/models/doi.rb
+++ b/app/models/doi.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require "benchmark"
 
 class Doi < ApplicationRecord
+  self.ignored_columns += [:publisher]
   PUBLISHER_JSON_SCHEMA = "#{Rails.root}/app/models/schemas/doi/publisher.json"
   audited only: %i[doi url creators contributors titles publisher_obj publication_year types descriptions container sizes formats version_info language dates identifiers related_identifiers related_items funding_references geo_locations rights_list subjects schema_version content_url landing_page aasm_state source reason]