diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py
index e9863a05827..6059d21a7c2 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class MetadataRestSink(Sink[Entity]):
 
     def _create_team(self, team: EntityReference) -> None:
         metadata_team = CreateTeamEntityRequest(
-            name=team.name, displayName=team.name, description="Team Name"
+            name=team.name, displayName=team.name, description=team.description
         )
         try:
             r = self.metadata.create_or_update(metadata_team)
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py
index 3336c55e550..019a05b162d 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py
@@ -438,7 +438,12 @@ class SampleDataSource(Source[Entity]):
         try:
             for user in self.users["users"]:
                 teams = [
-                    EntityReference(id=uuid.uuid4(), name=user["teams"], type="team")
+                    EntityReference(
+                        id=uuid.uuid4(),
+                        name=user["teams"],
+                        type="team",
+                        description=f"This is {user['teams']} description.",
+                    )
                 ]
                 user_metadata = User(
                     id=uuid.uuid4(),