diff --git a/nefed.xml b/nefed.xml
index 1e84a9634fc73eb082553255be646c9016627999..a6de4af5acc77bcb4ade017cef4b6f2794f5d00d 100644
--- a/nefed.xml
+++ b/nefed.xml
@@ -30195,6 +30195,9 @@ and do *NOT* provide it in real time to your partners.
                 Location="https://nugisportal.unl.edu/portal/sharing/rest/oauth2/saml/signin" index="1" />
             <AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect"
                 Location="https://nugisportal.unl.edu/portal/sharing/rest/oauth2/saml/signin" index="2" />
+                <NameIDFormat>
+                    urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent
+                </NameIDFormat>
         </SPSSODescriptor>
         <Organization xml:lang="en">
             <OrganizationName xml:lang="en">ArcGIS Enterprise</OrganizationName>