diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm
index 6bd2d6e637816603e166631a5254d7429872e673..b6bfcb6efd8a42f9e9d0193042acbf8e9bec0ec6 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBEntryAdaptor.pm
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ sub store {
      SELECT external_db_id
        FROM external_db
       WHERE db_name = ?
-        AND dbrelease = ?");
+        AND db_release = ?");
   $sth->bind_param(1,$exObj->dbname,SQL_VARCHAR);
   $sth->bind_param(2,$exObj->release,SQL_VARCHAR);
   $sth->execute();