diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-compound-field-metadata.json b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-compound-field-metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f49a9e47d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-compound-field-metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "fields": [
+        {
+            "typeName": "targetSampleSize",
+            "value": {
+                "targetSampleActualSize": {
+                    "typeName": "targetSampleSizeFormula",
+                    "value": "n = N*X / (X + N – 1)"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-cvoc-field-metadata.json b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-cvoc-field-metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..620f3df10d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-cvoc-field-metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "typeName": "journalArticleType",
+    "value": "abstract"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
index 0fe9099a3e4..5ccec629ee4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
@@ -1187,8 +1187,14 @@ private String validateDatasetFieldValues(List<DatasetField> fields) {
             if (dsf.getDatasetFieldType().isAllowMultiples() && dsf.getControlledVocabularyValues().isEmpty()
                     && dsf.getDatasetFieldCompoundValues().isEmpty() && dsf.getDatasetFieldValues().isEmpty()) {
                 error.append("Empty multiple value for field: ").append(dsf.getDatasetFieldType().getDisplayName()).append(" ");
-            } else if (!dsf.getDatasetFieldType().isAllowMultiples() && dsf.getSingleValue().getValue().isEmpty()) {
-                error.append("Empty value for field: ").append(dsf.getDatasetFieldType().getDisplayName()).append(" ");
+            } else if (!dsf.getDatasetFieldType().isAllowMultiples()) {
+                if (dsf.getDatasetFieldType().isControlledVocabulary() && dsf.getSingleControlledVocabularyValue().getStrValue().isEmpty()) {
+                    error.append("Empty cvoc value for field: ").append(dsf.getDatasetFieldType().getDisplayName()).append(" ");
+                } else if (dsf.getDatasetFieldType().isCompound() && dsf.getDatasetFieldCompoundValues().isEmpty()) {
+                    error.append("Empty compound value for field: ").append(dsf.getDatasetFieldType().getDisplayName()).append(" ");
+                } else if (!dsf.getDatasetFieldType().isControlledVocabulary() && !dsf.getDatasetFieldType().isCompound() && dsf.getSingleValue().getValue().isEmpty()) {
+                    error.append("Empty value for field: ").append(dsf.getDatasetFieldType().getDisplayName()).append(" ");
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
index c1273fba9fc..56776ed841a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import jakarta.json.JsonArray;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
+import jakarta.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -368,6 +369,14 @@ public void testAddUpdateDatasetViaNativeAPI() {
         createDataverseResponse.prettyPrint();
         String dataverseAlias = UtilIT.getAliasFromResponse(createDataverseResponse);
 
+        JsonArrayBuilder metadataBlocks = Json.createArrayBuilder();
+        metadataBlocks.add("citation");
+        metadataBlocks.add("journal");
+        metadataBlocks.add("socialscience");
+        Response setMetadataBlocksResponse = UtilIT.setMetadataBlocks(dataverseAlias, metadataBlocks, apiToken);
+        setMetadataBlocksResponse.prettyPrint();
+        setMetadataBlocksResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+
         Response createDatasetResponse = UtilIT.createRandomDatasetViaNativeApi(dataverseAlias, apiToken);
         createDatasetResponse.prettyPrint();
         Integer datasetId = UtilIT.getDatasetIdFromResponse(createDatasetResponse);
@@ -411,7 +420,20 @@ public void testAddUpdateDatasetViaNativeAPI() {
         String responseString = addSubjectSingleViaNative.prettyPrint();
         addSubjectSingleViaNative.then().assertThat()
                 .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode()).body(containsString("Mathematical Sciences")).body(containsString("Social Sciences"));
-        
+
+
+        String pathToJsonFileSingleCvoc = "doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-cvoc-field-metadata.json";
+        Response addSingleCvocViaNative = UtilIT.updateFieldLevelDatasetMetadataViaNative(datasetPersistentId, pathToJsonFileSingleCvoc, apiToken);
+        addSingleCvocViaNative.prettyPrint();
+        addSingleCvocViaNative.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+
+
+        String pathToJsonFileSingleCompound = "doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-single-compound-field-metadata.json";
+        Response addSingleCompoundViaNative = UtilIT.updateFieldLevelDatasetMetadataViaNative(datasetPersistentId, pathToJsonFileSingleCompound, apiToken);
+        addSingleCompoundViaNative.prettyPrint();
+        addSingleCompoundViaNative.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
 
 
         //Trying to blank out required field should fail...