diff --git a/services/clsi/app/js/ConversionManager.js b/services/clsi/app/js/ConversionManager.js
index 4edd9ff333..dcaae2bd1d 100644
--- a/services/clsi/app/js/ConversionManager.js
+++ b/services/clsi/app/js/ConversionManager.js
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ const LATEX_EXPORT_CONFIGS = {
       'latex',
       '--to',
       'docx',
+      '--citeproc',
+      '--number-sections',
       '--resource-path=.',
     ],
   },
diff --git a/services/clsi/test/unit/js/ConversionManager.test.js b/services/clsi/test/unit/js/ConversionManager.test.js
index 4f3d7f9f0e..c16669124f 100644
--- a/services/clsi/test/unit/js/ConversionManager.test.js
+++ b/services/clsi/test/unit/js/ConversionManager.test.js
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ describe('ConversionManager', function () {
             'latex',
             '--to',
             ctx.type,
+            '--citeproc',
+            '--number-sections',
             '--resource-path=.',
           ],
           ctx.compileDir,