diff --git a/generators/bootstrap-application/__snapshots__/generator.spec.js.snap b/generators/bootstrap-application/__snapshots__/generator.spec.js.snap
index 669a33fe4..d3f69499d 100644
--- a/generators/bootstrap-application/__snapshots__/generator.spec.js.snap
+++ b/generators/bootstrap-application/__snapshots__/generator.spec.js.snap
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ exports[`SubGenerator bootstrap-application of dotnetcore JHipster blueprint > r
   "prettierJava": undefined,
   "prettierTabWidth": undefined,
   "primaryKeyType": "long",
-  "prodDatabaseType": "sqllite",
+  "prodDatabaseType": "sql",
   "prodDatabaseTypeAny": false,
   "prodDatabaseTypeMariadb": false,
   "prodDatabaseTypeMssql": false,
diff --git a/generators/bootstrap-application/generator.js b/generators/bootstrap-application/generator.js
index 6379608cc..dcc8da6b2 100644
--- a/generators/bootstrap-application/generator.js
+++ b/generators/bootstrap-application/generator.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default class extends BaseApplicationGenerator {
         // - lint-staged paths needs adjusts.
         this.jhipsterConfig.skipCommitHook = true;
         this.jhipsterConfig.databaseType ??= this.jhipsterConfig.prodDatabaseType ?? 'sqllite';
-
+        this.jhipsterConfig.prodDatabaseType = this.jhipsterConfig.databaseType === 'mongodb' ? 'mongodb' : 'sql'; // set only for jdl-importer compatibility
         if (this.jhipsterConfig.dtoSuffix === undefined || this.jhipsterConfig.dtoSuffix === 'DTO') {
           this.jhipsterConfig.dtoSuffix = 'Dto';
         }