diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/security/DefaultCatalogAuthorizer.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/security/DefaultCatalogAuthorizer.java
index d1400c8dda1..54cdd4e1c0d 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/security/DefaultCatalogAuthorizer.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/security/DefaultCatalogAuthorizer.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class DefaultCatalogAuthorizer implements CatalogAuthorizer {
     validateAuthenticationContext(ctx);
     // To encourage users to claim or update changes to tables when a non-owner or un-claimed datasets.
     if (owner == null)  {
-      return false;
+      return true;
     }
     String userName = SecurityUtil.getUserName(ctx);
     EntityUtil.Fields fields = new EntityUtil.Fields(FIELD_LIST, fieldsParam);