diff --git a/src/dendropy/__init__.py b/src/dendropy/__init__.py
index 7424ab87..deb3adb2 100644
--- a/src/dendropy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dendropy/__init__.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 __version__ = "5.0.2"
 __author__ = "Jeet Sukumaran and Mark T. Holder and Matthew Andres Moreno"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2010-2022 Jeet Sukumaran and Mark T. Holder."
-__citation__ = "Moreno, M. A., Sukumaran, J., and M. T. Holder. 2024. DendroPy 5: a mature Python library for phylogenetic computing. arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14120. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.14120"
+__citation__ = "Moreno, M. A., Holder, M. T., & Sukumaran, J. (2024). DendroPy 5: a mature Python library for phylogenetic computing. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(101), 6943, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06943"
 PACKAGE_VERSION = __version__ # for backwards compatibility (with sate)
 
 def _get_revision_object():