diff --git a/nefed.xml b/nefed.xml
index 63b28fb9e01c77cb4aa0b648cca54b94c92a87c8..a74df589deeb8c92f55dabcca0dbd96436f0e684 100644
--- a/nefed.xml
+++ b/nefed.xml
@@ -17116,8 +17116,7 @@ KNGked4df0r1o5CozJ35FjKx1fiYucuvGXU+UZd5Yg6sF6MRhQqud32X3eOFJXS/ndm/jGit7B6A
         </Extensions>
         <SPSSODescriptor AuthnRequestsSigned="false" WantAssertionsSigned="true"
             protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">
-            <NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient
-            </NameIDFormat>
+            <NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent</NameIDFormat>
             <AssertionConsumerService
                 Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST"
                 Location="https://cloud.tenable.com/saml/login/91c3ce05-8c0e-405e-9f54-5f69382f5ee9"