diff --git a/dsp-shared/src/main/scala/dsp/valueobjects/V2.scala b/dsp-shared/src/main/scala/dsp/valueobjects/V2.scala
index d2dd0b72a2..29ec7280fb 100644
--- a/dsp-shared/src/main/scala/dsp/valueobjects/V2.scala
+++ b/dsp-shared/src/main/scala/dsp/valueobjects/V2.scala
@@ -222,7 +222,11 @@ object V2UuidValidation {
    * @return TRUE for correct versions, FALSE for incorrect.
    */
   def isUuidVersion4Or5(s: String): Boolean =
-    getUUIDVersion(s) == 4 || getUUIDVersion(s) == 5
+    // println("VERSION", getUUIDVersion(s), s)
+    // TODO-mpro: below condition is a quickfix, should be removed in DEV-1400
+    if (s != "http://rdfh.ch/projects/yTerZGyxjZVqFMNNKXCDPF") {
+      getUUIDVersion(s) == 4 || getUUIDVersion(s) == 5
+    } else true
 
   /**
    * Gets the last segment of IRI, decodes UUID and gets the version.
diff --git a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/CreateListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/CreateListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala
index 824767ca72..05bafd2e1e 100644
--- a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/CreateListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/CreateListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ class CreateListItemsRouteADME2ESpec
     "test"
   )
 
+  val beolAdminUserCreds: CredentialsADM = CredentialsADM(
+    SharedTestDataADM.beolUser,
+    "test"
+  )
+
   private val customChildNodeIRI = "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/vQgijJZKSqawFooJPyhYkw"
   def addChildListNodeRequest(parentNodeIri: IRI, name: String, label: String, comment: String): String =
     s"""{
@@ -259,6 +264,28 @@ class CreateListItemsRouteADME2ESpec
         newListIri.set(listInfo.id)
       }
 
+      "create a list using bad project IRI, created in the old way with bad UUID version" in {
+        val createListRequest: String =
+          s"""{
+             |    "projectIri": "${SharedTestDataADM.BEOL_PROJECT_IRI}",
+             |    "labels": [{ "value": "Neue Liste", "language": "de"}],
+             |    "comments": [{ "value": "XXXXX", "language": "en"}]
+             |}""".stripMargin
+
+        val request = Post(
+          baseApiUrl + s"/admin/lists",
+          HttpEntity(ContentTypes.`application/json`, createListRequest)
+        ) ~> addCredentials(beolAdminUserCreds.basicHttpCredentials)
+        val response: HttpResponse = singleAwaitingRequest(request)
+        // TODO-mro: implementation of DEV-1400 should break this tes - list with old BEOL IRI shouldn;t be created
+        response.status should be(StatusCodes.OK)
+
+        val receivedList: ListADM = AkkaHttpUtils.httpResponseToJson(response).fields("list").convertTo[ListADM]
+
+        val listInfo = receivedList.listinfo
+        listInfo.projectIri should be(SharedTestDataADM.BEOL_PROJECT_IRI)
+      }
+
       "return a ForbiddenException if the user creating the list is not project or system admin" in {
         val params =
           s"""