diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/models/custom_pydantic.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/models/custom_pydantic.py
index 134c8734ec5..55d9f651864 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/models/custom_pydantic.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/models/custom_pydantic.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class BaseModel(PydanticBaseModel):
         context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         by_alias: bool = False,
         exclude_unset: bool = True,
-        exclude_defaults: bool = True,
+        exclude_defaults: bool = False,
         exclude_none: bool = True,
         round_trip: bool = False,
         warnings: Union[bool, Literal["none", "warn", "error"]] = True,
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_custom_properties_api.py b/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_custom_properties_api.py
index 9b7ab3aa411..f08a7bbafa8 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_custom_properties_api.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/integration/ometa/test_ometa_custom_properties_api.py
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ EXPECTED_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES = [
         "name": "Rating",
         "description": "Rating of a table",
         "propertyType": {"name": "enum"},
-        "customPropertyConfig": {"config": {"values": ["Good", "Average", "Bad"]}},
+        "customPropertyConfig": {
+            "config": {"values": ["Good", "Average", "Bad"], "multiSelect": False},
+        },
     },
     {
         "name": "TableSize",