diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ca4054cb7..9e3668d9a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         "@dnd-kit/sortable": "8.0.0",
         "@dnd-kit/utilities": "3.2.2",
         "@faker-js/faker": "7.6.0",
-        "@iqss/dataverse-client-javascript": "2.0.0-alpha.31",
+        "@iqss/dataverse-client-javascript": "2.0.0-alpha.33",
         "@iqss/dataverse-design-system": "*",
         "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-typescript": "1.0.2",
         "@tanstack/react-table": "8.9.2",
@@ -3684,9 +3684,9 @@
     },
     "node_modules/@iqss/dataverse-client-javascript": {
       "name": "@IQSS/dataverse-client-javascript",
-      "version": "2.0.0-alpha.31",
-      "resolved": "https://npm.pkg.github.com/download/@IQSS/dataverse-client-javascript/2.0.0-alpha.31/c1ae5b3d55ee7e77d7c16670c1b7ca31934b08ce",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FAvnKp/p3v+ltiammkY93dpW/vdD/2XUYMp5RPpQyO3HQBvhZRYTTKc99qWpHCVr2f1UyTzg9bbOHoZPkpFLxw==",
+      "version": "2.0.0-alpha.33",
+      "resolved": "https://npm.pkg.github.com/download/@IQSS/dataverse-client-javascript/2.0.0-alpha.33/1978f8c7e1e1b584e5d53e3f3c29806e6adb9ef1",
+      "integrity": "sha512-R1XcmmQYQLzTsmh3QixzVvR3FxgHBCgbJmZAd8rEkIbWbr0I2Oo7fvO60gY7UWtMUsMtsNo0Ag7pF4VSZQiTxw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^18.15.11",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c8d69e004..1d3abf876 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "@dnd-kit/sortable": "8.0.0",
     "@dnd-kit/utilities": "3.2.2",
     "@faker-js/faker": "7.6.0",
-    "@iqss/dataverse-client-javascript": "2.0.0-alpha.31",
+    "@iqss/dataverse-client-javascript": "2.0.0-alpha.33",
     "@iqss/dataverse-design-system": "*",
     "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-typescript": "1.0.2",
     "@tanstack/react-table": "8.9.2",
diff --git a/src/dataset/domain/models/Dataset.ts b/src/dataset/domain/models/Dataset.ts
index ad2981fed..91aa9e784 100644
--- a/src/dataset/domain/models/Dataset.ts
+++ b/src/dataset/domain/models/Dataset.ts
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ export class Dataset {
   constructor(
     public readonly persistentId: string,
     public readonly version: DatasetVersion,
+    public readonly internalVersionNumber: number,
     public readonly alerts: Alert[],
     public readonly summaryFields: DatasetMetadataBlock[],
     public readonly termsOfUse: DatasetTermsOfUse,
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@ export class Dataset {
     constructor(
       public readonly persistentId: string,
       public readonly version: DatasetVersion,
+      public readonly internalVersionNumber: number,
       public readonly summaryFields: DatasetMetadataBlock[],
       public readonly termsOfUse: DatasetTermsOfUse,
       public readonly metadataBlocks: DatasetMetadataBlocks,
@@ -565,6 +567,7 @@ export class Dataset {
       return new Dataset(
         this.persistentId,
         this.version,
+        this.internalVersionNumber,
         this.alerts,
         this.summaryFields,
         this.termsOfUse,
diff --git a/src/dataset/domain/repositories/DatasetRepository.ts b/src/dataset/domain/repositories/DatasetRepository.ts
index c50a6d147..9634a2a4b 100644
--- a/src/dataset/domain/repositories/DatasetRepository.ts
+++ b/src/dataset/domain/repositories/DatasetRepository.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ export interface DatasetRepository {
   ) => Promise<DatasetVersionDiff>
 
   create: (dataset: DatasetDTO, collectionId: string) => Promise<{ persistentId: string }>
-  updateMetadata: (datasetId: string | number, datasetDTO: DatasetDTO) => Promise<void>
+  updateMetadata: (
+    datasetId: string | number,
+    datasetDTO: DatasetDTO,
+    internalVersionNumber: number
+  ) => Promise<void>
   deaccession: (
     datasetId: string | number,
     version: string,
diff --git a/src/dataset/domain/useCases/updateDatasetMetadata.ts b/src/dataset/domain/useCases/updateDatasetMetadata.ts
index 2f661c31f..d3a6c43c2 100644
--- a/src/dataset/domain/useCases/updateDatasetMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/dataset/domain/useCases/updateDatasetMetadata.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ import { DatasetDTO } from './DTOs/DatasetDTO'
 export function updateDatasetMetadata(
   datasetRepository: DatasetRepository,
   datasetId: string | number,
-  updatedDataset: DatasetDTO
+  updatedDataset: DatasetDTO,
+  internalVersionNumber: number
 ): Promise<void> {
-  return datasetRepository.updateMetadata(datasetId, updatedDataset).catch((error: Error) => {
-    throw new Error(error.message)
-  })
+  return datasetRepository
+    .updateMetadata(datasetId, updatedDataset, internalVersionNumber)
+    .catch((error: Error) => {
+      throw new Error(error.message)
+    })
 }
diff --git a/src/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.ts b/src/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.ts
index ca7daa73e..2fd6aa81e 100644
--- a/src/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.ts
+++ b/src/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export class JSDatasetMapper {
     return new Dataset.Builder(
       jsDataset.persistentId,
       version,
+      jsDataset.internalVersionNumber,
       JSDatasetMapper.toSummaryFields(jsDataset.metadataBlocks, jsDatasetSummaryFieldsNames),
       jsDataset.termsOfUse,
       JSDatasetMapper.toMetadataBlocks(
diff --git a/src/dataset/infrastructure/repositories/DatasetJSDataverseRepository.ts b/src/dataset/infrastructure/repositories/DatasetJSDataverseRepository.ts
index 00da3cc56..65132a6ac 100644
--- a/src/dataset/infrastructure/repositories/DatasetJSDataverseRepository.ts
+++ b/src/dataset/infrastructure/repositories/DatasetJSDataverseRepository.ts
@@ -317,9 +317,13 @@ export class DatasetJSDataverseRepository implements DatasetRepository {
     })
   }
 
-  updateMetadata(datasetId: string | number, updatedDataset: DatasetDTO): Promise<void> {
+  updateMetadata(
+    datasetId: string | number,
+    updatedDataset: DatasetDTO,
+    internalVersionNumber: number
+  ): Promise<void> {
     return updateDataset
-      .execute(datasetId, DatasetDTOMapper.toJSDatasetDTO(updatedDataset))
+      .execute(datasetId, DatasetDTOMapper.toJSDatasetDTO(updatedDataset), internalVersionNumber)
       .catch((error: WriteError) => {
         throw new Error(error.message)
       })
diff --git a/src/sections/edit-dataset-metadata/EditDatasetMetadata.tsx b/src/sections/edit-dataset-metadata/EditDatasetMetadata.tsx
index 8dfc077e7..8242096c6 100644
--- a/src/sections/edit-dataset-metadata/EditDatasetMetadata.tsx
+++ b/src/sections/edit-dataset-metadata/EditDatasetMetadata.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export const EditDatasetMetadata = ({
                   metadataBlockInfoRepository={metadataBlockInfoRepository}
                   datasetPersistentID={dataset.persistentId}
                   datasetMetadaBlocksCurrentValues={dataset.metadataBlocks}
+                  datasetInternalVersionNumber={dataset.internalVersionNumber}
                 />
               </div>
             </Tabs.Tab>
diff --git a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataFieldsHelper.ts b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataFieldsHelper.ts
index 0d0f23ef7..b5d6bab9e 100644
--- a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataFieldsHelper.ts
+++ b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataFieldsHelper.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ export class MetadataFieldsHelper {
     return formattedNewObject
   }
 
-  public static formatFormValuesToDatasetDTO(formValues: DatasetMetadataFormValues): DatasetDTO {
+  public static formatFormValuesToDatasetDTO(
+    formValues: DatasetMetadataFormValues,
+    mode: 'create' | 'edit'
+  ): DatasetDTO {
     const metadataBlocks: DatasetDTO['metadataBlocks'] = []
 
     for (const metadataBlockName in formValues) {
@@ -310,14 +313,14 @@ export class MetadataFieldsHelper {
 
       Object.entries(metadataBlockFormValues).forEach(([fieldName, fieldValue]) => {
         if (this.isPrimitiveFieldValue(fieldValue)) {
-          if (fieldValue !== '') {
+          if (fieldValue !== '' || mode === 'edit') {
             formattedMetadataBlock.fields[fieldName] = fieldValue
             return
           }
           return
         }
         if (this.isVocabularyMultipleFieldValue(fieldValue)) {
-          if (fieldValue.length > 0) {
+          if (fieldValue.length > 0 || mode === 'edit') {
             formattedMetadataBlock.fields[fieldName] = fieldValue
             return
           }
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ export class MetadataFieldsHelper {
             .map((primitiveField) => primitiveField.value)
             .filter((v) => v !== '')
 
-          if (primitiveMultipleFieldValues.length > 0) {
+          if (primitiveMultipleFieldValues.length > 0 || mode === 'edit') {
             formattedMetadataBlock.fields[fieldName] = primitiveMultipleFieldValues
             return
           }
@@ -340,7 +343,7 @@ export class MetadataFieldsHelper {
           const formattedMetadataChildFieldValue: DatasetMetadataChildFieldValueDTO = {}
 
           Object.entries(fieldValue).forEach(([nestedFieldName, nestedFieldValue]) => {
-            if (nestedFieldValue !== '') {
+            if (nestedFieldValue !== '' || mode === 'edit') {
               formattedMetadataChildFieldValue[nestedFieldName] = nestedFieldValue
             }
           })
@@ -357,15 +360,15 @@ export class MetadataFieldsHelper {
           fieldValue.forEach((composedFieldValues) => {
             const composedField: DatasetMetadataChildFieldValueDTO = {}
             Object.entries(composedFieldValues).forEach(([nestedFieldName, nestedFieldValue]) => {
-              if (nestedFieldValue !== '') {
+              if (nestedFieldValue !== '' || mode === 'edit') {
                 composedField[nestedFieldName] = nestedFieldValue
               }
             })
-            if (Object.keys(composedField).length > 0) {
+            if (Object.keys(composedField).length > 0 || mode === 'edit') {
               formattedMetadataChildFieldValues.push(composedField)
             }
           })
-          if (formattedMetadataChildFieldValues.length > 0) {
+          if (formattedMetadataChildFieldValues.length > 0 || mode === 'edit') {
             formattedMetadataBlock.fields[fieldName] = formattedMetadataChildFieldValues
           }
 
diff --git a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataForm/index.tsx b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataForm/index.tsx
index 34a66581d..0a6f4d5eb 100644
--- a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataForm/index.tsx
+++ b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/MetadataForm/index.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface FormProps {
   errorLoadingMetadataBlocksInfo: string | null
   datasetRepository: DatasetRepository
   datasetPersistentID?: string
+  datasetInternalVersionNumber?: number
 }
 
 export const MetadataForm = ({
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ export const MetadataForm = ({
   metadataBlocksInfo,
   errorLoadingMetadataBlocksInfo,
   datasetRepository,
-  datasetPersistentID
+  datasetPersistentID,
+  datasetInternalVersionNumber
 }: FormProps) => {
   const { user } = useSession()
   const navigate = useNavigate()
@@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ export const MetadataForm = ({
     collectionId,
     datasetRepository,
     onSubmitDatasetError,
-    datasetPersistentID
+    datasetPersistentID,
+    datasetInternalVersionNumber
   )
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/index.tsx b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/index.tsx
index 4f041f319..4ebd7aaab 100644
--- a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/index.tsx
+++ b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/index.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type DatasetMetadataFormProps =
       datasetPersistentID?: never
       metadataBlockInfoRepository: MetadataBlockInfoRepository
       datasetMetadaBlocksCurrentValues?: never
+      datasetInternalVersionNumber?: never
     }
   | {
       mode: 'edit'
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ type DatasetMetadataFormProps =
       datasetPersistentID: string
       metadataBlockInfoRepository: MetadataBlockInfoRepository
       datasetMetadaBlocksCurrentValues: DatasetMetadataBlocks
+      datasetInternalVersionNumber: number
     }
 
 export type DatasetMetadataFormMode = 'create' | 'edit'
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ export const DatasetMetadataForm = ({
   datasetRepository,
   datasetPersistentID,
   metadataBlockInfoRepository,
-  datasetMetadaBlocksCurrentValues
+  datasetMetadaBlocksCurrentValues,
+  datasetInternalVersionNumber
 }: DatasetMetadataFormProps) => {
   const { setIsLoading } = useLoading()
   const onEditMode = mode === 'edit'
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ export const DatasetMetadataForm = ({
       errorLoadingMetadataBlocksInfo={errorLoadingMetadataBlocksInfo}
       datasetRepository={datasetRepository}
       datasetPersistentID={datasetPersistentID}
+      datasetInternalVersionNumber={datasetInternalVersionNumber}
     />
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/useSubmitDataset.ts b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/useSubmitDataset.ts
index ae27e0d2d..04efccdb7 100644
--- a/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/useSubmitDataset.ts
+++ b/src/sections/shared/form/DatasetMetadataForm/useSubmitDataset.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export function useSubmitDataset(
   collectionId: string,
   datasetRepository: DatasetRepository,
   onSubmitErrorCallback: () => void,
-  datasetPersistentID?: string
+  datasetPersistentID?: string,
+  datasetInternalVersionNumber?: number
 ): UseSubmitDatasetReturnType {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const { t } = useTranslation('shared', { keyPrefix: 'datasetMetadataForm' })
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ export function useSubmitDataset(
     const formDataBackToOriginalKeys = MetadataFieldsHelper.replaceSlashKeysWithDot(formData)
 
     const formattedFormValues = MetadataFieldsHelper.formatFormValuesToDatasetDTO(
-      formDataBackToOriginalKeys
+      formDataBackToOriginalKeys,
+      mode
     )
 
     if (mode === 'create') {
@@ -86,7 +88,8 @@ export function useSubmitDataset(
       updateDatasetMetadata(
         datasetRepository,
         currentEditedDatasetPersistentID,
-        formattedFormValues
+        formattedFormValues,
+        datasetInternalVersionNumber as number
       )
         .then(() => {
           setSubmitError(null)
diff --git a/src/stories/shared/dataset-metadata-form/DatasetMetadataForm.stories.tsx b/src/stories/shared/dataset-metadata-form/DatasetMetadataForm.stories.tsx
index ffc54694f..367e0bf2c 100644
--- a/src/stories/shared/dataset-metadata-form/DatasetMetadataForm.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/stories/shared/dataset-metadata-form/DatasetMetadataForm.stories.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export const EditMode: Story = {
       metadataBlockInfoRepository={new MetadataBlockInfoMockRepository()}
       datasetPersistentID={datasetToEditMock.persistentId}
       datasetMetadaBlocksCurrentValues={datasetToEditMock.metadataBlocks}
+      datasetInternalVersionNumber={1}
     />
   )
 }
diff --git a/tests/component/dataset/domain/models/DatasetMother.ts b/tests/component/dataset/domain/models/DatasetMother.ts
index fe55fd5c1..f59d23dce 100644
--- a/tests/component/dataset/domain/models/DatasetMother.ts
+++ b/tests/component/dataset/domain/models/DatasetMother.ts
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ export class DatasetMother {
     const dataset = {
       persistentId: faker.datatype.uuid(),
       version: DatasetVersionMother.create(),
+      internalVersionNumber: faker.datatype.number(),
       license: {
         name: 'CC0 1.0',
         uri: 'https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/',
@@ -425,6 +426,7 @@ export class DatasetMother {
     return new Dataset.Builder(
       dataset.persistentId,
       dataset.version,
+      dataset.internalVersionNumber,
       dataset.summaryFields,
       dataset.termsOfUse,
       dataset.metadataBlocks,
diff --git a/tests/component/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.spec.ts b/tests/component/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.spec.ts
index dfb256065..c13b08d74 100644
--- a/tests/component/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/component/dataset/infrastructure/mappers/JSDatasetMapper.spec.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const jsDataset = {
     lastUpdateTime: new Date('2023-09-07T13:40:04.000Z'),
     releaseTime: undefined
   },
+  internalVersionNumber: 1,
   termsOfUse: {
     termsOfAccess: {
       fileAccessRequest: true,
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ const expectedDataset = {
     citation:
       'Finch, Fiona, 2023, "Darwin\'s Finches", <a href="https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ</a>, Root, DRAFT VERSION'
   },
+  internalVersionNumber: 1,
   requestedVersion: undefined,
   publicationDate: undefined,
   alerts: [{ variant: 'warning', messageKey: 'draftVersion', dynamicFields: undefined }],
@@ -385,6 +387,7 @@ const expectedDatasetWithPublicationDate = {
     citation:
       'Finch, Fiona, 2023, "Darwin\'s Finches", <a href="https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ</a>, Root, DRAFT VERSION'
   },
+  internalVersionNumber: 1,
   requestedVersion: undefined,
   publicationDate: undefined,
   alerts: [{ variant: 'warning', messageKey: 'draftVersion', dynamicFields: undefined }],
@@ -526,6 +529,7 @@ const expectedDatasetWithNextVersionNumbers = {
     citation:
       'Finch, Fiona, 2023, "Darwin\'s Finches", <a href="https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ</a>, Root, DRAFT VERSION'
   },
+  internalVersionNumber: 1,
   requestedVersion: undefined,
   publicationDate: undefined,
   alerts: [{ variant: 'warning', messageKey: 'draftVersion', dynamicFields: undefined }],
@@ -671,6 +675,7 @@ const expectedDatasetAlternateVersion = {
     citation:
       'Finch, Fiona, 2023, "Darwin\'s Finches", <a href="https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/B4B2MJ</a>, Root, DRAFT VERSION'
   },
+  internalVersionNumber: 1,
   requestedVersion: '4.0',
   publicationDate: undefined,
   hasValidTermsOfAccess: true,
diff --git a/tests/component/sections/shared/dataset-metadata-form/MetadataFieldsHelper.spec.ts b/tests/component/sections/shared/dataset-metadata-form/MetadataFieldsHelper.spec.ts
index fd19ce995..f36564fd7 100644
--- a/tests/component/sections/shared/dataset-metadata-form/MetadataFieldsHelper.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/component/sections/shared/dataset-metadata-form/MetadataFieldsHelper.spec.ts
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ const formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys: DatasetMetadataFormValues = {
   }
 }
 
-const expectedDatasetDTO: DatasetDTO = {
+const expectedDatasetDTOInCreateMode: DatasetDTO = {
   licence: defaultLicense,
   metadataBlocks: [
     {
@@ -1281,6 +1281,43 @@ const expectedDatasetDTO: DatasetDTO = {
   ]
 }
 
+const expectedDatasetDTOInEditMode: DatasetDTO = {
+  licence: defaultLicense,
+  metadataBlocks: [
+    {
+      name: 'foo',
+      fields: {
+        someKeyWithoutDot: 'bar',
+        controlledVocabularyNotMultiple: 'Option2',
+        controlledVocabularyMultiple: ['Option1'],
+        'primitive.text.not.multiple': 'foo',
+        'primitive.text.multiple': ['foo', 'bar'],
+        'primitive.textbox.not.multiple': '',
+        'primitive.textbox.multiple': [],
+        'primitive.float.not.multiple': '23.55',
+        'primitive.float.multiple': ['23.55', '45.55'],
+        'primitive.int.not.multiple': '23',
+        'primitive.int.multiple': ['23', '45'],
+        'primitive.date.not.multiple': '2022-01-01',
+        'primitive.date.multiple': ['2022-01-01', '2022-12-31'],
+        'composed.field.multiple': [
+          {
+            'subfield.1': 'foo',
+            'subfield.2': 'bar',
+            someNestedKeyWithoutDot: 'bar',
+            controlledVocabularyNotMultiple: ''
+          }
+        ],
+        'composed.field.not.multiple': {
+          'subfield.1': 'foo',
+          'subfield.2': 'bar',
+          someNestedKeyWithoutDot: 'bar'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+
 describe('MetadataFieldsHelper', () => {
   it('should replace names keys with dots with slashes from a metadata block info', () => {
     const result =
@@ -1322,12 +1359,24 @@ describe('MetadataFieldsHelper', () => {
     expect(result).to.deep.equal(formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys)
   })
 
-  it('should get dataset DTO from form values', () => {
-    const result = MetadataFieldsHelper.formatFormValuesToDatasetDTO(
-      formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys
-    )
+  describe('should format form values to dataset DTO', () => {
+    it('In create mode, removing empty values', () => {
+      const result = MetadataFieldsHelper.formatFormValuesToDatasetDTO(
+        formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys,
+        'create'
+      )
 
-    expect(result).to.deep.equal(expectedDatasetDTO)
+      expect(result).to.deep.equal(expectedDatasetDTOInCreateMode)
+    })
+
+    it('In edit mode, keeping empty values', () => {
+      const result = MetadataFieldsHelper.formatFormValuesToDatasetDTO(
+        formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys,
+        'edit'
+      )
+
+      expect(result).to.deep.equal(expectedDatasetDTOInEditMode)
+    })
   })
 
   it('works all together, simulates a use in an edit mode form', () => {
@@ -1353,7 +1402,8 @@ describe('MetadataFieldsHelper', () => {
       MetadataFieldsHelper.replaceSlashKeysWithDot(inTestFormDefaultValues)
 
     const inTestDatasetDTO = MetadataFieldsHelper.formatFormValuesToDatasetDTO(
-      formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys
+      formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys,
+      'edit'
     )
 
     expect(inTestNormalizedMetadataBlocksInfo).to.deep.equal(normalizedMetadataBlocksInfo)
@@ -1367,7 +1417,7 @@ describe('MetadataFieldsHelper', () => {
 
     expect(inTestFormDefaultValuesBackToDotKeys).to.deep.equal(formValuesWithValuesBackToDotKeys)
 
-    expect(inTestDatasetDTO).to.deep.equal(expectedDatasetDTO)
+    expect(inTestDatasetDTO).to.deep.equal(expectedDatasetDTOInEditMode)
   })
 
   describe('defineFieldName', () => {