diff --git a/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/linkml.py b/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/linkml.py
index 4fc6233..4af2bec 100644
--- a/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/linkml.py
+++ b/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/linkml.py
@@ -285,4 +285,4 @@ class LinkMLProvider(Provider):
             )
         ns_file = ns_repo.provide_from_git(commit=version)
         res = self.build_from_yaml(ns_file)
-        return res[namespace]["namespace"]
+        return res[namespace].namespace