diff --git a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/utils.py b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/utils.py
index 77540926c6..edc3c08fa7 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/utils.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/utils.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def construct_hub_model_reference_arn_from_inputs(
     info = get_info_from_hub_resource_arn(hub_arn)
     arn = (
         f"arn:{info.partition}:sagemaker:{info.region}:{info.account_id}:hub-content/"
-        f"{info.hub_name}/{HubContentType.MODEL_REFERENCE}/{model_name}/{version}"
+        f"{info.hub_name}/{HubContentType.MODEL_REFERENCE.value}/{model_name}/{version}"
     )
 
     return arn
diff --git a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py
index 22bc527b18..6dbb1340f4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py
@@ -96,6 +96,23 @@ def test_construct_hub_model_arn_from_inputs():
     )
 
 
+def test_construct_hub_model_reference_arn_from_inputs():
+    model_name, version = "pytorch-ic-imagenet-v2", "1.0.2"
+    hub_arn = "arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:123456789123:hub/my-mock-hub"
+    hub_content_arn_prefix = "arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:123456789123:hub-content/my-mock-hub"
+
+    assert (
+        utils.construct_hub_model_reference_arn_from_inputs(hub_arn, model_name, version)
+        == hub_content_arn_prefix + "/ModelReference/pytorch-ic-imagenet-v2/1.0.2"
+    )
+
+    version = "*"
+    assert (
+        utils.construct_hub_model_reference_arn_from_inputs(hub_arn, model_name, version)
+        == hub_content_arn_prefix + "/ModelReference/pytorch-ic-imagenet-v2/*"
+    )
+
+
 def test_generate_hub_arn_for_init_kwargs():
     hub_name = "my-hub-name"
     hub_arn = "arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:12346789123:hub/my-awesome-hub"