diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/project/__tests__/update-project.dto.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/project/__tests__/update-project.dto.test.ts
index 86a8630026..f2bb497451 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/project/__tests__/update-project.dto.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/project/__tests__/update-project.dto.test.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ describe('UpdateProjectDto', () => {
 	describe('Valid requests', () => {
 		test.each([
 			{
-				name: 'with just the name',
+				name: 'just the name',
 				request: {
 					name: 'My Updated Project',
 				},
 			},
 			{
-				name: 'with name and emoji icon',
+				name: 'name and emoji icon',
 				request: {
 					name: 'My Updated Project',
 					icon: {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('UpdateProjectDto', () => {
 				},
 			},
 			{
-				name: 'with name and regular icon',
+				name: 'name and regular icon',
 				request: {
 					name: 'My Updated Project',
 					icon: {
@@ -30,7 +30,19 @@ describe('UpdateProjectDto', () => {
 				},
 			},
 			{
-				name: 'with relations',
+				name: 'just the description',
+				request: {
+					description: 'My Updated Project Description',
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				name: 'an empty description',
+				request: {
+					description: '',
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				name: 'just the relations',
 				request: {
 					relations: [
 						{
@@ -41,7 +53,7 @@ describe('UpdateProjectDto', () => {
 				},
 			},
 			{
-				name: 'with all fields',
+				name: 'all fields',
 				request: {
 					name: 'My Updated Project',
 					icon: {
@@ -54,9 +66,10 @@ describe('UpdateProjectDto', () => {
 							role: 'project:admin',
 						},
 					],
+					description: 'My Updated Project Description',
 				},
 			},
-		])('should validate $name', ({ request }) => {
+		])('should pass validation for $name', ({ request }) => {
 			const result = UpdateProjectDto.safeParse(request);
 			expect(result.success).toBe(true);
 		});
@@ -69,6 +82,11 @@ describe('UpdateProjectDto', () => {
 				request: { name: 123 },
 				expectedErrorPath: ['name'],
 			},
+			{
+				name: 'empty name',
+				request: { name: '', icon: { type: 'emoji', value: '🚀' } },
+				expectedErrorPath: ['name'],
+			},
 			{
 				name: 'name too long',
 				request: { name: 'a'.repeat(256) },
@@ -108,6 +126,16 @@ describe('UpdateProjectDto', () => {
 				},
 				expectedErrorPath: ['relations', 0, 'role'],
 			},
+			{
+				name: 'invalid description type',
+				request: { description: 123 },
+				expectedErrorPath: ['description'],
+			},
+			{
+				name: 'description too long',
+				request: { description: 'a'.repeat(513) },
+				expectedErrorPath: ['description'],
+			},
 		])('should fail validation for $name', ({ request, expectedErrorPath }) => {
 			const result = UpdateProjectDto.safeParse(request);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/controllers/project.controller.ts b/packages/cli/src/controllers/project.controller.ts
index f1954c5ad4..69dab89159 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/controllers/project.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/controllers/project.controller.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export class ProjectController {
 		@Param('projectId') projectId: string,
 	) {
 		const { name, icon, relations, description } = payload;
-		if ([name, icon, description].some((data) => typeof data === 'string')) {
+		if (name || icon || description) {
 			await this.projectsService.updateProject(projectId, { name, icon, description });
 		}
 		if (relations) {