diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 27d91653552e9d175003b8ad4765a397a0431d4b..aa1c62909e4b8b732c82db7f1dd3040a8750e505 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.86] - 2025-02-05
+- Fix old_db_2022 survey publisher to not use enum value when saving external connections
+
 ## [0.85] - 2025-01-28
 - Add back in old data publishers until the exported survey data is manually validated
 
diff --git a/compendium_v2/publishers/survey_publisher_old_db_2022.py b/compendium_v2/publishers/survey_publisher_old_db_2022.py
index f14cb4672146d22570efd34539e7b4cdddbbf37a..c49d86ac4780bb31abff1bf9abaeea523149e9bd 100644
--- a/compendium_v2/publishers/survey_publisher_old_db_2022.py
+++ b/compendium_v2/publishers/survey_publisher_old_db_2022.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 import compendium_v2
 from compendium_v2.conversion.mapping import CHARGING_LEVELS, CONNECTION, INTERCONNECTION, SERVICE_USER_TYPE_TO_CODE
 from compendium_v2.db.presentation_model_enums import CommercialCharges, CommercialConnectivityCoverage, \
-    ConnectionMethod, FeeType, ServiceCategory, UserCategory, YesNoPlanned
+    FeeType, ServiceCategory, UserCategory, YesNoPlanned
 from compendium_v2.environment import setup_logging
 from compendium_v2.config import load
 from compendium_v2.publishers.helpers import extract_urls, valid_url
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ def transfer_external_connections(nren_dict):
                 conn_dict['capacity'] = None
         if conn_dict['interconnection_method']:
             int_conn = int_simple[conn_dict['interconnection_method'].replace(" ", "").lower()]
-            conn_dict['interconnection_method'] = ConnectionMethod[int_conn].value
+            conn_dict['interconnection_method'] = int_conn
 
     for nren_name, year in nren_year_set:
         if nren_name not in nren_dict:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index efd59a2b1435c5ada86eed8c93c818eb646affeb..490b4ef9117bcf4078941b65f16c03734b1c0201 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='compendium-v2',
-    version="0.85",
+    version="0.86",
     author='GEANT',
     author_email='swd@geant.org',
     description='Flask and React project for displaying '