diff --git a/docs/useCases.md b/docs/useCases.md
index 6d0e4602..bfe762bf 100644
--- a/docs/useCases.md
+++ b/docs/useCases.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ _See [use case](../src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollection.ts)_ definition
 
 The `collectionIdOrAlias` is a generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId).
 
-If no collection identifier is specified, the default collection identifier; `root` will be used. If you want to search for a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a parameter in the use case call.
+If no collection identifier is specified, the default collection identifier; `:root` will be used. If you want to search for a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a parameter in the use case call.
 
 #### Get Collection Facets
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ _See [use case](../src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionFacets.ts)_ defi
 
 The `collectionIdOrAlias` is a generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId).
 
-If no collection identifier is specified, the default collection identifier; `root` will be used. If you want to search for a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a parameter in the use case call.
+If no collection identifier is specified, the default collection identifier; `:root` will be used. If you want to search for a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a parameter in the use case call.
 
 #### Get User Permissions on a Collection
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ _See [use case](../src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionUserPermissions.
 
 The `collectionIdOrAlias` is a generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId).
 
-If no collection identifier is specified, the default collection identifier; `root` will be used. If you want to search for a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a parameter in the use case call.
+If no collection identifier is specified, the default collection identifier; `:root` will be used. If you want to search for a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a parameter in the use case call.
 
 #### List All Collection Items
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ This use case supports the following optional parameters depending on the search
 
 #### Create a Collection
 
-Creates a new Collection, given a [CollectionDTO](../src/collections/domain/dtos/CollectionDTO.ts) object and an optional parent collection identifier, which defaults to `root`.
+Creates a new Collection, given a [CollectionDTO](../src/collections/domain/dtos/CollectionDTO.ts) object and an optional parent collection identifier, which defaults to `:root`.
 
 ##### Example call:
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ createCollection.execute(collectionDTO).then((createdCollectionId: number) => {
 
 _See [use case](../src/collections/domain/useCases/CreateCollection.ts) implementation_.
 
-The above example creates the new collection in the `root` collection since no collection identifier is specified. If you want to create the collection in a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a second parameter in the use case call.
+The above example creates the new collection in the root collection since no collection identifier is specified. If you want to create the collection in a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a second parameter in the use case call.
 
 The use case returns a number, which is the identifier of the created collection.
 
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ _See [use case](../src/datasets/domain/useCases/GetAllDatasetPreviews.ts) implem
 
 Note that `limit` and `offset` are optional parameters for pagination.
 
-Note that `collectionId` is an optional parameter to filter datasets by collection. If not set, the default value is `root`.
+Note that `collectionId` is an optional parameter to filter datasets by collection. If not set, the default value is `:root`.
 
 The `DatasetPreviewSubset`returned instance contains a property called `totalDatasetCount` which is necessary for pagination.
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ The `DatasetPreviewSubset`returned instance contains a property called `totalDat
 
 #### Create a Dataset
 
-Creates a new Dataset in a collection, given a [DatasetDTO](../src/datasets/domain/dtos/DatasetDTO.ts) object and an optional collection identifier, which defaults to `root`.
+Creates a new Dataset in a collection, given a [DatasetDTO](../src/datasets/domain/dtos/DatasetDTO.ts) object and an optional collection identifier, which defaults to `:root`.
 
 This use case validates the submitted fields of each metadata block and can return errors of type [ResourceValidationError](../src/core/domain/useCases/validators/errors/ResourceValidationError.ts), which include sufficient information to determine which field value is invalid and why.
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ createDataset.execute(datasetDTO).then((newDatasetIds: CreatedDatasetIdentifiers
 
 _See [use case](../src/datasets/domain/useCases/CreateDataset.ts) implementation_.
 
-The above example creates the new dataset in the `root` collection since no collection identifier is specified. If you want to create the dataset in a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a second parameter in the use case call.
+The above example creates the new dataset in the root collection since no collection identifier is specified. If you want to create the dataset in a different collection, you must add the collection identifier as a second parameter in the use case call.
 
 The use case returns a [CreatedDatasetIdentifiers](../src/datasets/domain/models/CreatedDatasetIdentifiers.ts) object, which includes the persistent and numeric identifiers of the created dataset.
 
diff --git a/src/collections/domain/models/Collection.ts b/src/collections/domain/models/Collection.ts
index 24dd60aa..1cc1f1e4 100644
--- a/src/collections/domain/models/Collection.ts
+++ b/src/collections/domain/models/Collection.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ export interface CollectionInputLevel {
   required: boolean
 }
 
-export const ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS = 'root'
+export const ROOT_COLLECTION_ID = ':root'
diff --git a/src/collections/domain/useCases/CreateCollection.ts b/src/collections/domain/useCases/CreateCollection.ts
index cff0e78e..58a781c3 100644
--- a/src/collections/domain/useCases/CreateCollection.ts
+++ b/src/collections/domain/useCases/CreateCollection.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { UseCase } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/UseCase'
 import { CollectionDTO } from '../dtos/CollectionDTO'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../models/Collection'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../models/Collection'
 import { ICollectionsRepository } from '../repositories/ICollectionsRepository'
 
 export class CreateCollection implements UseCase<number> {
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ export class CreateCollection implements UseCase<number> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new collection, given a CollectionDTO object and an optional collection identifier, which defaults to root.
+   * Creates a new collection, given a CollectionDTO object and an optional collection identifier, which defaults to :root.
    *
    * @param {CollectionDTO} [newCollection] - CollectionDTO object including the new collection data.
-   * @param {string} [parentCollectionId] - Specifies the parent collection identifier (optional, defaults to root).
+   * @param {string} [parentCollectionId] - Specifies the parent collection identifier (optional, defaults to :root).
    * @returns {Promise<number>} - The created collection identifier.
    * @throws {WriteError} - If there are errors while writing data.
    */
   async execute(
     newCollection: CollectionDTO,
-    parentCollectionId: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
+    parentCollectionId: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
   ): Promise<number> {
     return await this.collectionsRepository.createCollection(newCollection, parentCollectionId)
   }
diff --git a/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollection.ts b/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollection.ts
index f17de63e..38f1d6d6 100644
--- a/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollection.ts
+++ b/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollection.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { UseCase } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/UseCase'
 import { ICollectionsRepository } from '../repositories/ICollectionsRepository'
-import { Collection, ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../models/Collection'
+import { Collection, ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../models/Collection'
 
 export class GetCollection implements UseCase<Collection> {
   private collectionsRepository: ICollectionsRepository
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ export class GetCollection implements UseCase<Collection> {
   /**
    * Returns a Collection instance, given the search parameters to identify it.
    *
-   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = 'root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
-   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: 'root'
+   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = ':root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
+   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: ':root'
    * @returns {Promise<Collection>}
    */
-  async execute(collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS): Promise<Collection> {
+  async execute(collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID): Promise<Collection> {
     return await this.collectionsRepository.getCollection(collectionIdOrAlias)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionFacets.ts b/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionFacets.ts
index a1a8d849..3402dbf4 100644
--- a/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionFacets.ts
+++ b/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionFacets.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { UseCase } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/UseCase'
 import { ICollectionsRepository } from '../repositories/ICollectionsRepository'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../models/Collection'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../models/Collection'
 import { CollectionFacet } from '../models/CollectionFacet'
 
 export class GetCollectionFacets implements UseCase<CollectionFacet[]> {
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ export class GetCollectionFacets implements UseCase<CollectionFacet[]> {
   /**
    * Returns a CollectionFacet array containing the facets of the requested collection, given the collection identifier or alias.
    *
-   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = 'root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
-   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: 'root'
+   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = ':root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
+   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: ':root'
    * @returns {Promise<string[]>}
    */
   async execute(
-    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
+    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
   ): Promise<CollectionFacet[]> {
     return await this.collectionsRepository.getCollectionFacets(collectionIdOrAlias)
   }
diff --git a/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionUserPermissions.ts b/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionUserPermissions.ts
index bf8cc7bd..58f83014 100644
--- a/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionUserPermissions.ts
+++ b/src/collections/domain/useCases/GetCollectionUserPermissions.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { UseCase } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/UseCase'
 import { CollectionUserPermissions } from '../models/CollectionUserPermissions'
 import { ICollectionsRepository } from '../repositories/ICollectionsRepository'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../models/Collection'
 
 export class GetCollectionUserPermissions implements UseCase<CollectionUserPermissions> {
   private collectionsRepository: ICollectionsRepository
@@ -12,11 +13,13 @@ export class GetCollectionUserPermissions implements UseCase<CollectionUserPermi
   /**
    * Returns an instance of CollectionUserPermissions that includes the permissions that the calling user has on a particular Collection.
    *
-   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = 'root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
-   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: 'root'
+   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = ':root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
+   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: ':root'
    * @returns {Promise<CollectionUserPermissions>}
    */
-  async execute(collectionIdOrAlias: number | string): Promise<CollectionUserPermissions> {
+  async execute(
+    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
+  ): Promise<CollectionUserPermissions> {
     return await this.collectionsRepository.getCollectionUserPermissions(collectionIdOrAlias)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts b/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts
index 167a749e..46121723 100644
--- a/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts
+++ b/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   transformCollectionItemsResponseToCollectionItemSubset,
   transformCollectionResponseToCollection
 } from './transformers/collectionTransformers'
-import { Collection, ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../domain/models/Collection'
+import { Collection, ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../../domain/models/Collection'
 import { CollectionDTO } from '../../domain/dtos/CollectionDTO'
 import { CollectionFacet } from '../../domain/models/CollectionFacet'
 import { CollectionUserPermissions } from '../../domain/models/CollectionUserPermissions'
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class CollectionsRepository extends ApiRepository implements ICollections
   private readonly collectionsResourceName: string = 'dataverses'
 
   public async getCollection(
-    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
+    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
   ): Promise<Collection> {
     return this.doGet(`/${this.collectionsResourceName}/${collectionIdOrAlias}`, true, {
       returnOwners: true
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class CollectionsRepository extends ApiRepository implements ICollections
 
   public async createCollection(
     collectionDTO: CollectionDTO,
-    parentCollectionId: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
+    parentCollectionId: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
   ): Promise<number> {
     const dataverseContacts: NewCollectionContactRequestPayload[] = collectionDTO.contacts.map(
       (contact) => ({
diff --git a/src/datasets/domain/useCases/CreateDataset.ts b/src/datasets/domain/useCases/CreateDataset.ts
index 28e2b3f8..65bffae4 100644
--- a/src/datasets/domain/useCases/CreateDataset.ts
+++ b/src/datasets/domain/useCases/CreateDataset.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { DatasetDTO } from '../dtos/DatasetDTO'
 import { ResourceValidator } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/validators/ResourceValidator'
 import { IMetadataBlocksRepository } from '../../../metadataBlocks/domain/repositories/IMetadataBlocksRepository'
 import { CreatedDatasetIdentifiers } from '../models/CreatedDatasetIdentifiers'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../collections/domain/models/Collection'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../../../collections/domain/models/Collection'
 import { DatasetWriteUseCase } from './DatasetWriteUseCase'
 
 export class CreateDataset extends DatasetWriteUseCase<CreatedDatasetIdentifiers> {
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ export class CreateDataset extends DatasetWriteUseCase<CreatedDatasetIdentifiers
   }
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new Dataset in a collection, given a DatasetDTO object and an optional collection identifier, which defaults to root.
+   * Creates a new Dataset in a collection, given a DatasetDTO object and an optional collection identifier, which defaults to :root.
    *
    * @param {DatasetDTO} [newDataset] - DatasetDTO object including the new dataset metadata field values for each metadata block.
-   * @param {string} [collectionId] - Specifies the collection identifier where the new dataset should be created (optional, defaults to root).
+   * @param {string} [collectionId] - Specifies the collection identifier where the new dataset should be created (optional, defaults to :root).
    * @returns {Promise<CreatedDatasetIdentifiers>}
    * @throws {ResourceValidationError} - If there are validation errors related to the provided information.
    * @throws {ReadError} - If there are errors while reading data.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class CreateDataset extends DatasetWriteUseCase<CreatedDatasetIdentifiers
    */
   async execute(
     newDataset: DatasetDTO,
-    collectionId = ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
+    collectionId = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
   ): Promise<CreatedDatasetIdentifiers> {
     const metadataBlocks = await this.getNewDatasetMetadataBlocks(newDataset)
     this.getNewDatasetValidator().validate(newDataset, metadataBlocks)
diff --git a/src/metadataBlocks/domain/useCases/GetCollectionMetadataBlocks.ts b/src/metadataBlocks/domain/useCases/GetCollectionMetadataBlocks.ts
index 921a9343..c953c16a 100644
--- a/src/metadataBlocks/domain/useCases/GetCollectionMetadataBlocks.ts
+++ b/src/metadataBlocks/domain/useCases/GetCollectionMetadataBlocks.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { UseCase } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/UseCase'
 import { MetadataBlock } from '../..'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../collections/domain/models/Collection'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../../../collections/domain/models/Collection'
 import { IMetadataBlocksRepository } from '../repositories/IMetadataBlocksRepository'
 
 export class GetCollectionMetadataBlocks implements UseCase<MetadataBlock[]> {
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ export class GetCollectionMetadataBlocks implements UseCase<MetadataBlock[]> {
   /**
    * Returns a MetadataBlock array containing the metadata blocks from the requested collection.
    *
-   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = 'root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
-   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: 'root'
+   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = ':root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
+   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: ':root'
    * @param {boolean} [onlyDisplayedOnCreate=false] - Indicates whether or not to return only the metadata blocks that are displayed on dataset creation. The default value is false.
    * @returns {Promise<MetadataBlock[]>}
    */
   async execute(
-    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS,
+    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID,
     onlyDisplayedOnCreate = false
   ): Promise<MetadataBlock[]> {
     return await this.metadataBlocksRepository.getCollectionMetadataBlocks(
diff --git a/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionFacets.test.ts b/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionFacets.test.ts
index 5054d16d..e2a88ffe 100644
--- a/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionFacets.test.ts
+++ b/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionFacets.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { ApiConfig, CollectionFacet, ReadError, getCollectionFacets } from '../../../src'
 import { TestConstants } from '../../testHelpers/TestConstants'
 import { DataverseApiAuthMechanism } from '../../../src/core/infra/repositories/ApiConfig'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
+
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper'
 
 describe('execute', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
diff --git a/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionUserPermissions.test.ts b/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionUserPermissions.test.ts
index fd813979..fbac8b12 100644
--- a/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionUserPermissions.test.ts
+++ b/test/functional/collections/GetCollectionUserPermissions.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../../src'
 import { TestConstants } from '../../testHelpers/TestConstants'
 import { DataverseApiAuthMechanism } from '../../../src/core/infra/repositories/ApiConfig'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
+
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper'
 
 describe('execute', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -17,6 +18,22 @@ describe('execute', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  test('should return user permissions for the default collection', async () => {
+    let actual: CollectionUserPermissions
+    try {
+      actual = await getCollectionUserPermissions.execute()
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new Error('Permissions should be retrieved')
+    } finally {
+      expect(actual.canAddDataset).toBe(true)
+      expect(actual.canAddCollection).toBe(true)
+      expect(actual.canDeleteCollection).toBe(true)
+      expect(actual.canEditCollection).toBe(true)
+      expect(actual.canManageCollectionPermissions).toBe(true)
+      expect(actual.canPublishCollection).toBe(true)
+      expect(actual.canViewUnpublishedCollection).toBe(true)
+    }
+  })
   test('should return user permissions when a valid collection alias is provided', async () => {
     let actual: CollectionUserPermissions
     try {
diff --git a/test/integration/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts b/test/integration/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts
index be293662..89d6d2ba 100644
--- a/test/integration/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import { DataverseApiAuthMechanism } from '../../../src/core/infra/repositories/
 import {
   createCollectionDTO,
   createCollectionViaApi,
-  deleteCollectionViaApi
+  deleteCollectionViaApi,
+  ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
 } from '../../testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
 import { CollectionPayload } from '../../../src/collections/infra/repositories/transformers/CollectionPayload'
 import { uploadFileViaApi } from '../../testHelpers/files/filesHelper'
 import { deleteUnpublishedDatasetViaApi } from '../../testHelpers/datasets/datasetHelper'
diff --git a/test/integration/datasets/DatasetsRepository.test.ts b/test/integration/datasets/DatasetsRepository.test.ts
index 95df6123..db561395 100644
--- a/test/integration/datasets/DatasetsRepository.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/datasets/DatasetsRepository.test.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import {
   DatasetContact,
   DatasetDescription
 } from '../../../src/datasets/domain/models/Dataset'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
 import {
   createCollectionViaApi,
-  deleteCollectionViaApi
+  deleteCollectionViaApi,
+  ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
 } from '../../testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper'
 
 describe('DatasetsRepository', () => {
diff --git a/test/testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper.ts b/test/testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper.ts
index b3521ed5..c2ecccf3 100644
--- a/test/testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper.ts
+++ b/test/testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export async function createCollectionViaApi(
 ): Promise<CollectionPayload> {
   try {
     if (parentCollectionAlias == undefined) {
-      parentCollectionAlias = 'root'
+      parentCollectionAlias = ':root'
     }
 
     return await axios
@@ -186,3 +186,4 @@ export const createCollectionFacetRequestPayload = (): CollectionFacetPayload =>
     displayName: 'testDisplayName'
   }
 }
+export const ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS = 'root'
diff --git a/test/unit/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts b/test/unit/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts
index c1bdf958..dcdebc4b 100644
--- a/test/unit/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/collections/CollectionsRepository.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../testHelpers/collections/collectionHelper'
 import { TestConstants } from '../../testHelpers/TestConstants'
 import { ReadError, WriteError } from '../../../src'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
 import {
   createCollectionUserPermissionsModel,
   createCollectionUserPermissionsPayload
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('CollectionsRepository', () => {
     describe('by default root id', () => {
       test('should return a Collection when no collection id, using ROOT instead is successful', async () => {
         jest.spyOn(axios, 'get').mockResolvedValue(testCollectionSuccessfulResponse)
-        const expectedApiEndpoint = `${TestConstants.TEST_API_URL}/dataverses/${ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS}`
+        const expectedApiEndpoint = `${TestConstants.TEST_API_URL}/dataverses/${ROOT_COLLECTION_ID}`
 
         // API Key auth
         const actual = await sut.getCollection()
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('CollectionsRepository', () => {
 
       test('should return error on repository read error', async () => {
         jest.spyOn(axios, 'get').mockRejectedValue(TestConstants.TEST_ERROR_RESPONSE)
-        const expectedApiEndpoint = `${TestConstants.TEST_API_URL}/dataverses/${ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS}`
+        const expectedApiEndpoint = `${TestConstants.TEST_API_URL}/dataverses/${ROOT_COLLECTION_ID}`
 
         let error = undefined as unknown as ReadError
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe('CollectionsRepository', () => {
     const expectedNewCollectionRequestPayloadJson = JSON.stringify(
       createNewCollectionRequestPayload()
     )
-    const expectedApiEndpoint = `${TestConstants.TEST_API_URL}/dataverses/root`
+    const expectedApiEndpoint = `${TestConstants.TEST_API_URL}/dataverses/:root`
 
     test('should call the API with a correct request payload', async () => {
       jest.spyOn(axios, 'post').mockResolvedValue(testCreateCollectionResponse)
diff --git a/test/unit/datasets/CreateDataset.test.ts b/test/unit/datasets/CreateDataset.test.ts
index 12ad59e3..92c73d78 100644
--- a/test/unit/datasets/CreateDataset.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/datasets/CreateDataset.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { ResourceValidationError } from '../../../src/core/domain/useCases/validators/errors/ResourceValidationError'
 import { WriteError, ReadError } from '../../../src'
 import { IMetadataBlocksRepository } from '../../../src/metadataBlocks/domain/repositories/IMetadataBlocksRepository'
-import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../../../src/collections/domain/models/Collection'
 
 describe('execute', () => {
   const testDataset = createDatasetDTO()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('execute', () => {
     expect(datasetsRepositoryStub.createDataset).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       testDataset,
       testMetadataBlocks,
-      ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
+      ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
     )
   })
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('execute', () => {
     expect(datasetsRepositoryStub.createDataset).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       testDataset,
       testMetadataBlocks,
-      ROOT_COLLECTION_ALIAS
+      ROOT_COLLECTION_ID
     )
   })