diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
index d7dbed06d75..91458f16fc9 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class MassImportForm extends BaseForm {
     private String previousCsvSeparator = null;
     private List<String> metadataKeys = new LinkedList<>(Collections.singletonList("ID"));
     private List<CsvRecord> records = new LinkedList<>();
+    private String importedCsvHeaderLine = "";
+    private List<String> importedCsvLines = new LinkedList<>();
     private final List<Character> csvSeparatorCharacters = Arrays.asList(',', ';');
     private final MassImportService massImportService = ServiceManager.getMassImportService();
     private final AddMetadataDialog addMetadataDialog = new AddMetadataDialog(this);
@@ -106,9 +108,11 @@ public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) {
             List<String> csvLines = massImportService.getLines(file);
             resetValues();
             if (!csvLines.isEmpty()) {
+                importedCsvHeaderLine = csvLines.get(0);
                 metadataKeys = new LinkedList<>(Arrays.asList(csvLines.get(0).split(csvSeparator, -1)));
                 if (csvLines.size() > 1) {
-                    records = massImportService.parseLines(csvLines.subList(1, csvLines.size()), csvSeparator);
+                    importedCsvLines = csvLines.subList(1, csvLines.size());
+                    records = massImportService.parseLines(importedCsvLines, csvSeparator);
                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -126,8 +130,8 @@ private void resetValues() {
      * Event listender function called when user switches CSV separator character used to split text lines into cells.
      */
     public void changeSeparator() {
-        metadataKeys = List.of(String.join(previousCsvSeparator, metadataKeys).split(csvSeparator));
-        records = massImportService.updateSeparator(records, previousCsvSeparator, csvSeparator);
+        metadataKeys = new LinkedList<>(Arrays.asList(importedCsvHeaderLine.split(csvSeparator, -1)));
+        records = massImportService.parseLines(importedCsvLines, csvSeparator);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java
index 522fed00b9c..e0c804ffb75 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java
@@ -73,25 +73,10 @@ public List<String> getLines(UploadedFile file) throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates and returns new list of records from given list of records by applying a different
-     * CSV separator character to the lines obtained by joining the CSV cell values of the existing
-     * CSV records with the previous CSV separator character.
-     * @param records CSV records created using previous CSV separator character
-     * @param oldSeparator previous CSV separator character
-     * @param newSeparator new CSV separator character
-     * @return list of CSV records using new CSV separator character
-     */
-    public List<CsvRecord> updateSeparator(List<CsvRecord> records, String oldSeparator, String newSeparator) {
-        List<String> lines = records.stream().map(record -> record.getCsvCells()
-                .stream().map(CsvCell::getValue)
-                .collect(Collectors.joining(oldSeparator)))
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
-        return parseLines(lines, newSeparator);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Split provided lines by given 'separator'-String and return list of CsvRecord.
+     * The method also handles quoted csv values, which contain comma or semicolon to allow
+     * csv separators in csv cells.
      * @param lines lines to parse
      * @param separator String used to split lines into individual parts
      * @return list of CsvRecord
@@ -100,10 +85,24 @@ public List<CsvRecord> parseLines(List<String> lines, String separator) {
         List<CsvRecord> records = new LinkedList<>();
         for (String line : lines) {
             List<CsvCell> cells = new LinkedList<>();
-            for (String value : line.split(separator, -1)) {
-                cells.add(new CsvCell(value));
+            if (!Objects.isNull(line) && !line.isBlank()) {
+                StringBuilder currentCell = new StringBuilder();
+                boolean inQuotes = false;
+                for (char c : line.toCharArray()) {
+                    if ((c == '\"' || c == '\'') && !inQuotes) {
+                        inQuotes = true;
+                    } else if (c == '\"' || c == '\'') {
+                        inQuotes = false;
+                    } else if (String.valueOf(c).equals(separator) && !inQuotes) {
+                        cells.add(new CsvCell(currentCell.toString()));
+                        currentCell.setLength(0); // Reset currentCell
+                    } else {
+                        currentCell.append(c);
+                    }
+                }
+                cells.add(new CsvCell(currentCell.toString()));
+                records.add(new CsvRecord(cells));
             }
-            records.add(new CsvRecord(cells));
         }
         return records;
     }