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@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ Please read [Contributing to Docling](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/blob/main
 If you use Docling in your projects, please consider citing the following:
 
 ```bib
-@software{Docling,
-author = {Deep Search Team},
-month = {8},
-title = {{Docling Technical Report}},
-url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09869},
-eprint={2408.09869},
-doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2408.09869",
-version = {1.0.0},
-year = {2024}
+@techreport{Docling,
+  author = {Deep Search Team},
+  month = {8},
+  title = {{Docling Technical Report}},
+  url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09869},
+  eprint={2408.09869},
+  doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2408.09869",
+  version = {1.0.0},
+  year = {2024}
 }
 ```