diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts
index 4fefa85b20..6a96feee92 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ describe('Gn4MetadataMapper', () => {
               website: new URL('http://my.org'),
             },
             status: null,
-            updateFrequency: null,
             lineage: null,
             recordUpdated: null,
             distributions: [],
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ describe('Gn4MetadataMapper', () => {
               website: new URL('http://my.org'),
             },
             status: null,
-            updateFrequency: null,
             lineage: null,
             recordUpdated: null,
             distributions: [],
diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts
index 9f782429fe..2870353baf 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export class Gn4MetadataMapper extends MetadataBaseMapper<Gn4Record> {
     const emptyRecord: Partial<CatalogRecord> = {
       kind: 'dataset',
       status: null,
-      updateFrequency: null,
       lineage: null,
       recordUpdated: null,
       ownerOrganization: null,
diff --git a/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts b/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts
index 540610eadb..a1800f59e0 100644
--- a/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ describe('MetadataInfoComponent', () => {
     })
   })
   describe('updateFrequency', () => {
-    describe('updateFrequency is null', () => {
+    describe('updateFrequency is not defined', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MetadataInfoComponent)
         component = fixture.componentInstance
         component.metadata = {
           ...DATASET_RECORDS[0],
-          updateFrequency: null,
+          updateFrequency: undefined,
         }
         fixture.detectChanges()
       })