diff --git a/src/MediaController.php b/src/MediaController.php
index e9e9562..cbad49c 100644
--- a/src/MediaController.php
+++ b/src/MediaController.php
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ class MediaController
         $rules = collect($media->model->getMediaCollection($media->collection_name)->runCallback('withPropertyValidation', $media->file_name))
             ->mapWithKeys(fn ($rule, $key) => ["properties.{$key}" => $rule])->toArray();
 
-        $request->validate($rules);
+        $validated = $request->validate($rules);
 
-        $media->update(['custom_properties' => $request->properties]);
+        $media->update(['custom_properties' => data_get($validated, 'properties', [])]);
 
         return MediaData::from($media);
     }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/UpdateTest.php b/tests/Feature/UpdateTest.php
index 49ace0d..d948fcb 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/UpdateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/UpdateTest.php
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ test('it updates a single files properties', function () {
     $response = $this->patchJson("/mediaupload/{$media->id}", [
         'properties' => [
             'test' => 'new',
+            'missing' => 'value',
         ],
     ]);
 
     $response->assertStatus(200);
     $this->assertEquals('new', $media->fresh()->getCustomProperty('test'));
+    $this->assertEquals(null, $media->fresh()->getCustomProperty('missing'));
     $response->assertJsonPath('properties.test', 'new');
+    $response->assertJsonMissingPath('properties.missing');
 });
 
 test('it validates a single files properties', function () {