diff --git a/compose-publish.el b/compose-publish.el
index fbbe0163be474b75bce1ebd84e73a1f2d6ff4b3b..bb78b605e5c9d93700417e946b7c1c4d0dc53ff5 100644
--- a/compose-publish.el
+++ b/compose-publish.el
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ undesirable behavior."
 ;; derived back-ends) documents and csl otherwise (in particular for html
 ;; export)
 (setq org-cite-export-processors
-      '((latex biblatex)
+      '((latex bibtex)
         (t csl)))
 
 ;; org-ref: add an entry format to org-ref for @misc bibtex entries; the other