diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/additions/orcid.sparql b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/additions/orcid.sparql
index a9097e2a..d53f0db2 100644
--- a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/additions/orcid.sparql
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/additions/orcid.sparql
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ CONSTRUCT {
 } WHERE {
     ?s vivo:orcidId ?orcidString 
     FILTER(isLiteral(?orcidString))
+    FILTER (regex(str(?orcidString), "^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9]([0-9]|X)$"))
     BIND(IRI(concat("http://orcid.org/", str(?orcidString))) AS ?orcidURI)
 }
diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/deletions/orcidDel.sparql b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/deletions/orcidDel.sparql
index 2ed9cea2..e1aa19cb 100644
--- a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/deletions/orcidDel.sparql
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/sparqlConstructs/deletions/orcidDel.sparql
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ CONSTRUCT {
 } WHERE {
     ?s vivo:orcidId ?orcidString 
     FILTER(isLiteral(?orcidString))
+    FILTER (regex(str(?orcidString), "^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9]([0-9]|X)$"))
 }