diff --git a/arkindex/dataimport/api.py b/arkindex/dataimport/api.py
index 0a26ee8b71704eafcdc530fd3c5dd68d2ab6e08c..473e16c649ba12ed41c31c2da2dccee39b998f67 100644
--- a/arkindex/dataimport/api.py
+++ b/arkindex/dataimport/api.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 from arkindex.project.mixins import CorpusACLMixin, SelectionMixin
-from arkindex.project.permissions import IsVerified, IsAdminUser
+from arkindex.project.permissions import IsVerified
 from arkindex.project.openapi import AutoSchema
 from arkindex.documents.models import Corpus, Right, Element
 from arkindex.dataimport.models import \
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class RepositoryStartImport(RetrieveAPIView):
     """
     Start a data import on the latest revision on a repository.
     """
-    permission_classes = (IsAdminUser, )
+    permission_classes = (IsVerified, )
     serializer_class = RepositoryStartImportSerializer
     openapi_overrides = {
         'operationId': 'StartRepositoryImport',