diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py
index b4f4d6a16a..cc6da9b2c3 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import pyblish.api
 from openpype.client import (
     get_assets,
     get_subsets,
-    get_last_versions
+    get_last_versions,
+    get_asset_name_identifier,
 )
 from openpype.pipeline.version_start import get_versioning_start
 
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ class CollectAnatomyInstanceData(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         self.log.debug("Querying asset documents for instances.")
 
         context_asset_doc = context.data.get("assetEntity")
+        context_asset_name = None
+        if context_asset_doc:
+            context_asset_name = get_asset_name_identifier(context_asset_doc)
 
         instances_with_missing_asset_doc = collections.defaultdict(list)
         for instance in context:
@@ -68,15 +72,15 @@ class CollectAnatomyInstanceData(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
             # There is possibility that assetEntity on instance is already set
             # which can happen in standalone publisher
-            if (
-                instance_asset_doc
-                and instance_asset_doc["name"] == _asset_name
-            ):
-                continue
+            if instance_asset_doc:
+                instance_asset_name = get_asset_name_identifier(
+                    instance_asset_doc)
+                if instance_asset_name == _asset_name:
+                    continue
 
             # Check if asset name is the same as what is in context
             # - they may be different, e.g. in NukeStudio
-            if context_asset_doc and context_asset_doc["name"] == _asset_name:
+            if context_asset_name and context_asset_name == _asset_name:
                 instance.data["assetEntity"] = context_asset_doc
 
             else:
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ class CollectAnatomyInstanceData(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
         asset_docs = get_assets(project_name, asset_names=asset_names)
         asset_docs_by_name = {
-            asset_doc["name"]: asset_doc
+            get_asset_name_identifier(asset_doc): asset_doc
             for asset_doc in asset_docs
         }
 
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
index 6aaadfc568..734a625852 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from openpype.client import (
     get_subsets,
     get_last_versions,
     get_representations,
+    get_asset_name_identifier,
 )
 from openpype.pipeline.load import get_representation_path_with_anatomy
 
@@ -121,12 +122,13 @@ class CollectAudio(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         asset_docs = get_assets(
             project_name,
             asset_names=asset_names,
-            fields=["_id", "name"]
+            fields=["_id", "name", "data.parents"]
         )
 
-        asset_id_by_name = {}
-        for asset_doc in asset_docs:
-            asset_id_by_name[asset_doc["name"]] = asset_doc["_id"]
+        asset_id_by_name = {
+            get_asset_name_identifier(asset_doc): asset_doc["_id"]
+            for asset_doc in asset_docs
+        }
         asset_ids = set(asset_id_by_name.values())
 
         # Query subsets with name define by 'audio_subset_name' attr
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py
index 0d9131718b..fe8cb40ad2 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from ayon_api import slugify_string
 from ayon_api.entity_hub import EntityHub
 
 from openpype import AYON_SERVER_ENABLED
-from openpype.client import get_assets
+from openpype.client import get_assets, get_asset_name_identifier
 from openpype.pipeline.template_data import (
     get_asset_template_data,
     get_task_template_data,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ExtractHierarchyToAYON(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
             project_name, asset_names=instances_by_asset_name.keys()
         )
         asset_docs_by_name = {
-            asset_doc["name"]: asset_doc
+            get_asset_name_identifier(asset_doc): asset_doc
             for asset_doc in asset_docs
         }
         for asset_name, instances in instances_by_asset_name.items():
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/validate_editorial_asset_name.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/validate_editorial_asset_name.py
index fca0d8e7f5..b5afc49f2e 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/validate_editorial_asset_name.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/validate_editorial_asset_name.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pprint import pformat
 
 import pyblish.api
 
-from openpype.client import get_assets
+from openpype.client import get_assets, get_asset_name_identifier
 
 
 class ValidateEditorialAssetName(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ class ValidateEditorialAssetName(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         self.log.debug("__ db_assets: {}".format(db_assets))
 
         asset_db_docs = {
-            str(e["name"]): [str(p) for p in e["data"]["parents"]]
-            for e in db_assets}
+            get_asset_name_identifier(asset_doc): list(
+                asset_doc["data"]["parents"]
+            )
+            for asset_doc in db_assets
+        }
 
         self.log.debug("__ project_entities: {}".format(
             pformat(asset_db_docs)))