diff --git a/cellbase-app/src/main/java/org/opencb/cellbase/app/cli/admin/executors/ExportCommandExecutor.java b/cellbase-app/src/main/java/org/opencb/cellbase/app/cli/admin/executors/ExportCommandExecutor.java
index 18cb05ce7..18a41ddf1 100644
--- a/cellbase-app/src/main/java/org/opencb/cellbase/app/cli/admin/executors/ExportCommandExecutor.java
+++ b/cellbase-app/src/main/java/org/opencb/cellbase/app/cli/admin/executors/ExportCommandExecutor.java
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ private int exportOntologyData() throws CellBaseException, IOException {
         int counter = 0;
         CellBaseFileSerializer serializer = new CellBaseJsonFileSerializer(output, ONTOLOGY_DATA);
         OntologyManager ontologyManager = managerFactory.getOntologyManager(species, assembly);
-        CellBaseIterator<OntologyTerm> iterator = ontologyManager.iterator(new OntologyQuery());
+        OntologyQuery ontologyQuery = new OntologyQuery();
+        ontologyQuery.setDataRelease(dataRelease);
+        CellBaseIterator<OntologyTerm> iterator = ontologyManager.iterator(ontologyQuery);
         while (iterator.hasNext()) {
             serializer.serialize(iterator.next());
             counter++;