diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
index bcc78981e0f..8467c514c5f 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
     // Add column level tags by adding tag to column relationship
     for (Column column : columns) {
       EntityUtil.applyTags(dao.tagDAO(), column.getTags(), column.getFullyQualifiedName());
-      column.setTags(getTags(column.getFullyQualifiedName())); // Update tag list to handle derived tags
       if (column.getChildren() != null) {
         applyTags(column.getChildren());
       }
@@ -359,7 +358,6 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
   private void applyTags(Table table) throws IOException {
     // Add table level tags by adding tag to table relationship
     EntityUtil.applyTags(dao.tagDAO(), table.getTags(), table.getFullyQualifiedName());
-    table.setTags(getTags(table.getFullyQualifiedName())); // Update tag to handle additional derived tags
     applyTags(table.getColumns());
   }
 
@@ -741,7 +739,7 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
       // Delete tags related to deleted columns
       deletedColumns.forEach(deleted -> EntityUtil.removeTags(dao.tagDAO(), deleted.getFullyQualifiedName()));
 
-      // Add tags related to deleted columns
+      // Add tags related to newly added columns
       for (Column added : addedColumns) {
         EntityUtil.applyTags(dao.tagDAO(), added.getTags(), added.getFullyQualifiedName());
       }
@@ -755,8 +753,8 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
         }
 
         updateColumnDescription(stored, updated);
-        updateTags(stored.getFullyQualifiedName(), fieldName + "." + updated.getName() + ".tags", stored.getTags(),
-                updated.getTags());
+        updateTags(stored.getFullyQualifiedName(), fieldName + "." + updated.getName() + ".tags",
+                stored.getTags(), updated.getTags());
         updateColumnConstraint(stored, updated);
 
         if (updated.getChildren() != null && stored.getChildren() != null) {
@@ -765,9 +763,7 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
         }
       }
 
-      if (!deletedColumns.isEmpty()) {
-        majorVersionChange = true;
-      }
+      majorVersionChange = !deletedColumns.isEmpty();
     }
 
     private void updateColumnDescription(Column origColumn, Column updatedColumn) throws JsonProcessingException {
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java
index a431ced2591..4716f26355a 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ public final class EntityUtil {
   public static BiPredicate<Task, Task> taskMatch = (task1, task2) ->
           task1.getName().equals(task2.getName());
 
-  public static BiPredicate<String, String> stringMatch = (string1, string2) ->
-          string1.equals(string2);
+  public static BiPredicate<String, String> stringMatch = String::equals;
 
   public static BiPredicate<Column, Column> columnMatch = (column1, column2) ->
           column1.getName().equals(column2.getName()) &&
@@ -285,10 +284,6 @@ public final class EntityUtil {
       // Apply tagLabel to targetFQN that identifies an entity or field
       tagDAO.applyTag(tagLabel.getTagFQN(), targetFQN, tagLabel.getLabelType().ordinal(),
               tagLabel.getState().ordinal());
-
-      // Apply derived tags
-      List<TagLabel> derivedTags = getDerivedTags(tagDAO, tagLabel, tag);
-      applyTags(tagDAO, derivedTags, targetFQN);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/EntityResourceTest.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/EntityResourceTest.java
index a462fa407e1..75d6aa06f6c 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/EntityResourceTest.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/EntityResourceTest.java
@@ -646,7 +646,6 @@ public abstract class EntityResourceTest<T> extends CatalogApplicationTest {
   protected final T createAndCheckEntity(Object create, Map<String, String> authHeaders) throws IOException {
     // Validate an entity that is created has all the information set in create request
     String updatedBy = TestUtils.getPrincipal(authHeaders);
-    // aqui si que tenim HREF
     T entity = createEntity(create, authHeaders);
     EntityInterface<T> entityInterface = getEntityInterface(entity);
 
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
index 46f67cc2403..ac6dcb4d019 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
@@ -119,11 +119,7 @@ public class TableResourceTest extends EntityResourceTest<Table> {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TableResourceTest.class);
   public static Database DATABASE;
 
-  public static final List<Column> COLUMNS = Arrays.asList(
-          getColumn("c1", BIGINT, USER_ADDRESS_TAG_LABEL),
-          getColumn("c2", ColumnDataType.VARCHAR, USER_ADDRESS_TAG_LABEL).withDataLength(10),
-          getColumn("c3", BIGINT, USER_BANK_ACCOUNT_TAG_LABEL));
-
+  public static List<Column> COLUMNS;
 
   public TableResourceTest() {
     super(Entity.TABLE, Table.class, TableList.class, "tables", TableResource.FIELDS,
@@ -135,6 +131,11 @@ public class TableResourceTest extends EntityResourceTest<Table> {
     EntityResourceTest.setup(test);
     CreateDatabase create = DatabaseResourceTest.create(test).withService(SNOWFLAKE_REFERENCE);
     DATABASE = createAndCheckDatabase(create, adminAuthHeaders());
+
+    COLUMNS = Arrays.asList(
+            getColumn("c1", BIGINT, USER_ADDRESS_TAG_LABEL),
+            getColumn("c2", ColumnDataType.VARCHAR, USER_ADDRESS_TAG_LABEL).withDataLength(10),
+            getColumn("c3", BIGINT, USER_BANK_ACCOUNT_TAG_LABEL));
   }
 
   public static Table createTable(TestInfo test, int i) throws IOException {