diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts
index 4fefa85b20..6a96feee92 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.spec.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ describe('Gn4MetadataMapper', () => {
               website: new URL('http://my.org'),
             },
             status: null,
-            updateFrequency: null,
             lineage: null,
             recordUpdated: null,
             distributions: [],
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ describe('Gn4MetadataMapper', () => {
               website: new URL('http://my.org'),
             },
             status: null,
-            updateFrequency: null,
             lineage: null,
             recordUpdated: null,
             distributions: [],
diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts
index 9f782429fe..2870353baf 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/gn4/gn4.metadata.mapper.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export class Gn4MetadataMapper extends MetadataBaseMapper<Gn4Record> {
     const emptyRecord: Partial<CatalogRecord> = {
       kind: 'dataset',
       status: null,
-      updateFrequency: null,
       lineage: null,
       recordUpdated: null,
       ownerOrganization: null,
diff --git a/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts b/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts
index effeced84f..a1800f59e0 100644
--- a/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.spec.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,22 @@ describe('MetadataInfoComponent', () => {
     })
   })
   describe('updateFrequency', () => {
+    describe('updateFrequency is not defined', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MetadataInfoComponent)
+        component = fixture.componentInstance
+        component.metadata = {
+          ...DATASET_RECORDS[0],
+          updateFrequency: undefined,
+        }
+        fixture.detectChanges()
+      })
+      it('should not display the updateFrequency section', () => {
+        const displayedElement =
+          fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.updateFrequency')
+        expect(displayedElement).toBeFalsy()
+      })
+    })
     describe('updateFrequency as UpdateFrequencyCode', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MetadataInfoComponent)
diff --git a/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.ts b/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.ts
index 18b1990b20..f74ea4df78 100644
--- a/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/elements/src/lib/metadata-info/metadata-info.component.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ export class MetadataInfoComponent {
     if (this.metadata.updateFrequency instanceof Object) {
       this.updatedTimes = this.metadata.updateFrequency.updatedTimes
       return `domain.record.updateFrequency.${this.metadata.updateFrequency.per}`
-    } else {
+    } else if (typeof this.metadata.updateFrequency === 'string') {
       return `domain.record.updateFrequency.${this.metadata.updateFrequency}`
+    } else {
+      return undefined
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.spec.ts b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.spec.ts
index 20b5459045..4f21470524 100644
--- a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { removeWhitespace } from './remove-whitespace'
 
 describe('#removeWhitespace', () => {
+  it('returns undefined input is not defined', () => {
+    const html = null
+    expect(removeWhitespace(html)).toBe(undefined)
+  })
   it('removes superfluent whitespace for a single word', () => {
     const html = ' hello '
     expect(removeWhitespace(html)).toBe('hello')
diff --git a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.ts b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.ts
index c9dffa3aa5..053514cd52 100644
--- a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.ts
+++ b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/remove-whitespace.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export const removeWhitespace = function (str: string): string {
-  return str.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
+  return str?.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
 }
diff --git a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.spec.ts b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.spec.ts
index 1e0a44cf15..c72b4ee071 100644
--- a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ describe('strip HTML', () => {
       expect(stripHtml(html)).toBe('hello')
     })
   })
+  describe('when HTML not defined', () => {
+    it('returns undefined', () => {
+      const html = null
+      expect(stripHtml(html)).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+  })
   describe('when no HTML tags', () => {
     it('return same string', () => {
       const html = 'hello'
diff --git a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.ts b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.ts
index 5e5b8bf527..14170efd71 100644
--- a/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.ts
+++ b/libs/util/shared/src/lib/utils/strip-html.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export const stripHtml = function (html: string): string {
+  if (!html) return undefined
   const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html')
   return doc.body.textContent || ''
 }