diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TeamRepository.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TeamRepository.java
index 8d213e82d5b..617a070d7ee 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TeamRepository.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TeamRepository.java
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ public class TeamRepository extends EntityRepository<Team> {
         .withHref(team.getHref())
         .withFullyQualifiedName(team.getFullyQualifiedName())
         .withIsJoinable(team.getIsJoinable())
-        .withChildren(null);
+        .withChildren(null)
+        .withDescription(team.getDescription());
   }
 
   private TeamHierarchy deepCopy(TeamHierarchy team) {
diff --git a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/teams/teamHierarchy.json b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/teams/teamHierarchy.json
index bd9f2a590b8..5c5a48fb882 100644
--- a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/teams/teamHierarchy.json
+++ b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/teams/teamHierarchy.json
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
       "description": "A unique name of the team typically the team ID from an identity provider. Example - group Id from LDAP.",
       "$ref": "../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName"
     },
+    "description": {
+      "description": "Description of the team.",
+      "$ref": "../../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown"
+    },
     "fullyQualifiedName": {
       "description": "FullyQualifiedName same as `name`.",
       "$ref": "../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName"