diff --git a/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/europeana.py b/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/europeana.py
index 93b8d76d465..32f1faf73bd 100644
--- a/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/europeana.py
+++ b/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/europeana.py
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ def _get_filetype(self, item_data: dict) -> str:
     def _get_filesize(self, item_data: dict) -> int:
         return item_data.get("ebucoreFileByteSize")
 
+    @staticmethod
     def _get_creator(self, data: dict) -> str | None:
         creators = data.get("dcCreator", [])
         if isinstance(creators, list):