diff --git a/doc/release-notes/11038-unconsidered-harvesting-granularity.md b/doc/release-notes/11038-unconsidered-harvesting-granularity.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72ebd522831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/11038-unconsidered-harvesting-granularity.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bug Fix:
+OAI Client harvesting now uses the correct granularity while re-run a partial harvest (using the `from` parameter). The correct granularity comes from the `Identify` verb request.
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diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/oai/OaiHandler.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/oai/OaiHandler.java
index bb3dc06972c..4345fb44d8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/oai/OaiHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/oai/OaiHandler.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import io.gdcc.xoai.model.oaipmh.results.record.Header;
 import io.gdcc.xoai.model.oaipmh.results.MetadataFormat;
 import io.gdcc.xoai.model.oaipmh.results.Set;
+import io.gdcc.xoai.model.oaipmh.verbs.Identify;
 import io.gdcc.xoai.serviceprovider.ServiceProvider;
 import io.gdcc.xoai.serviceprovider.exceptions.BadArgumentException;
 import io.gdcc.xoai.serviceprovider.exceptions.InvalidOAIResponse;
@@ -289,6 +290,8 @@ private ListIdentifiersParameters buildListIdentifiersParams() throws OaiHandler
         mip.withMetadataPrefix(metadataPrefix);
 
         if (this.fromDate != null) {
+            Identify identify = runIdentify();
+            mip.withGranularity(identify.getGranularity().toString());
             mip.withFrom(this.fromDate.toInstant());
         }
 
@@ -311,10 +314,13 @@ public String getProprietaryDataverseMetadataURL(String identifier) {
         return requestURL.toString();
     }
     
-    public void runIdentify() {
-        // not implemented yet
-        // (we will need it, both for validating the remote server,
-        // and to learn about its extended capabilities)
+    public Identify runIdentify() throws OaiHandlerException {
+        ServiceProvider sp = getServiceProvider();
+        try {
+            return sp.identify();
+        } catch (InvalidOAIResponse ior) {
+            throw new OaiHandlerException("No valid response received from the OAI server.");
+        }
     }
     
     public Map<String,String> makeCustomHeaders(String headersString) {