diff --git a/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/AspectUtilsTest.java b/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/AspectUtilsTest.java
index b09f8c6ea53e2..46d08bc8887b9 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/AspectUtilsTest.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/AspectUtilsTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void testAdditionalChanges() {
     DatasetProperties datasetProperties = new DatasetProperties().setName("name");
     proposal1.setAspect(GenericRecordUtils.serializeAspect(datasetProperties));
     proposal1.setEntityType("dataset");
-    proposal1.setChangeType(ChangeType.UPSERT);
+    proposal1.setChangeType(ChangeType.PATCH);
 
     List<MetadataChangeProposal> proposalList = AspectUtils.getAdditionalChanges(proposal1, entityServiceImpl);
     // proposals for key aspect, browsePath, browsePathV2, dataPlatformInstance
diff --git a/metadata-service/services/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/AspectUtils.java b/metadata-service/services/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/AspectUtils.java
index ef6a0bfb1e6a4..9f317d22db5c9 100644
--- a/metadata-service/services/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/AspectUtils.java
+++ b/metadata-service/services/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/AspectUtils.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class AspectUtils {
   private AspectUtils() {
   }
 
-  public static final Set<ChangeType> SUPPORTED_TYPES = Set.of(ChangeType.UPSERT, ChangeType.CREATE);
+  public static final Set<ChangeType> SUPPORTED_TYPES = Set.of(ChangeType.UPSERT, ChangeType.CREATE, ChangeType.PATCH);
 
   public static List<MetadataChangeProposal> getAdditionalChanges(
           @Nonnull MetadataChangeProposal metadataChangeProposal,