diff --git a/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py b/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
index e610575e3a..8f9857b02f 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from bson.objectid import ObjectId
+
 import pyblish.api
 
 from openpype.pipeline import registered_host
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ class CollectUpstreamInputs(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         # Collect containers for the given set of nodes
         containers = collect_input_containers(nodes)
 
-        inputs = [c["representation"] for c in containers]
-        instance.data["inputs"] = inputs
+        inputs = [ObjectId(c["representation"]) for c in containers]
+        instance.data["inputRepresentations"] = inputs
 
         self.log.info("Collected inputs: %s" % inputs)
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
index 8c7098c710..9ee0248bd9 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from bson.objectid import ObjectId
+
 import pyblish.api
 
 from openpype.pipeline import registered_host
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ class CollectUpstreamInputs(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         # Collect containers for the given set of nodes
         containers = collect_input_containers(nodes)
 
-        inputs = [c["representation"] for c in containers]
-        instance.data["inputs"] = inputs
+        inputs = [ObjectId(c["representation"]) for c in containers]
+        instance.data["inputRepresentations"] = inputs
 
         self.log.info("Collected inputs: %s" % inputs)
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
index 43941bde4f..470fceffc9 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_inputs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import copy
+from bson.objectid import ObjectId
+
 from maya import cmds
 import maya.api.OpenMaya as om
 import pyblish.api
@@ -163,8 +165,8 @@ class CollectUpstreamInputs(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             containers = collect_input_containers(scene_containers,
                                                   nodes)
 
-        inputs = [c["representation"] for c in containers]
-        instance.data["inputs"] = inputs
+        inputs = [ObjectId(c["representation"]) for c in containers]
+        instance.data["inputRepresentations"] = inputs
 
         self.log.info("Collected inputs: %s" % inputs)