diff --git a/src/core/EdFi.DataManagementService.Core/Validation/EqualityConstraintValidator.cs b/src/core/EdFi.DataManagementService.Core/Validation/EqualityConstraintValidator.cs
index 24ecc68c1..2af7b216d 100644
--- a/src/core/EdFi.DataManagementService.Core/Validation/EqualityConstraintValidator.cs
+++ b/src/core/EdFi.DataManagementService.Core/Validation/EqualityConstraintValidator.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ IEnumerable<EqualityConstraint> equalityConstraints
                         .Select(x => $"'{x}'")
                         .ToArray()
                 );
-                string targetSegment = targetPath.Segments.Last().ToString()[1..];
+                string targetSegment = targetPath.Segments[targetPath.Segments.Length - 1].ToString().TrimStart('.');
                 errors.Add(
                     $"All values supplied for '{targetSegment}' must match."
                         + " Review all references (including those higher up in the resource's data)"