diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Citeproc/BibTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Citeproc/BibTeX.hs
index 06696bcf3..14f3a7af0 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Citeproc/BibTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Citeproc/BibTeX.hs
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ getTypeAndGenre = do
              | otherwise         -> "article-journal"
            "book"                -> "book"
            "booklet"             -> "pamphlet"
-           "bookinbook"          -> "chapter"
+           "bookinbook"          -> "book"
            "collection"          -> "book"
            "dataset"             -> "dataset"
            "electronic"          -> "webpage"
diff --git a/test/command/biblatex-crossref-nested.md b/test/command/biblatex-crossref-nested.md
index bf9d236a4..3b5b5acf6 100644
--- a/test/command/biblatex-crossref-nested.md
+++ b/test/command/biblatex-crossref-nested.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ references:
   publisher: Publisher
   publisher-place: Location
   title: Macbeth \[title field of bookinbook-1\]
-  type: chapter
+  type: book
   volume: 3
   volume-title: Tragedies \[title field of book-1\]
 - author: