diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/metadata-sources-ui-schema.json b/backend/src/main/resources/metadata-sources-ui-schema.json
index 6d556d606..9a0b4fb9e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/metadata-sources-ui-schema.json
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/metadata-sources-ui-schema.json
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
                     "title": "label.contact-email-address",
                     "description": "tooltip.contact-email",
                     "type": "string",
-                    "pattern": "^(?=.{1,254}$)(?=.{1,64}@)[-!#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+(\\.[-!#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?(\\.[A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?)*$",
+                    "pattern": "^(mailto:)?(?=.{1,254}$)(?=.{1,64}@)[-!#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+(\\.[-!#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?(\\.[A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?)*$",
                     "minLength": 1,
                     "maxLength": 255
                 }