diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/metadata/BibtexStringEditorDialogView.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/metadata/BibtexStringEditorDialogView.java
index bdb3f169c00..a5afc2c8215 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/metadata/BibtexStringEditorDialogView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/metadata/BibtexStringEditorDialogView.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private void initialize() {
         new ViewModelTextFieldTableCellVisualizationFactory<BibtexStringViewModel, String>().withValidation(BibtexStringViewModel::labelValidation, visualizer).install(colLabel, new DefaultStringConverter());
 
         colContent.setCellValueFactory(cellData -> cellData.getValue().contentProperty());
-        new ViewModelTextFieldTableCellVisualizationFactory<BibtexStringViewModel, String>().withValidation(BibtexStringViewModel::labelValidation, visualizer).install(colContent, new DefaultStringConverter());
+        new ViewModelTextFieldTableCellVisualizationFactory<BibtexStringViewModel, String>().withValidation(BibtexStringViewModel::contentValidation, visualizer).install(colContent, new DefaultStringConverter());
 
         colLabel.setOnEditCommit((CellEditEvent<BibtexStringViewModel, String> cell) -> {
             cell.getRowValue().setLabel(cell.getNewValue());