diff --git a/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py b/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py
index b3a1ff73fe2..0b6a598a929 100755
--- a/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py
+++ b/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 from geonode.catalogue.models import catalogue_post_save
 from geonode.layers.models import Dataset, Attribute, Style
 from geonode.layers.enumerations import LAYER_ATTRIBUTE_NUMERIC_DATA_TYPES
+from geonode.resource.utils import KeywordHandler
 from geonode.resource.utils import is_remote_resource
 
 from geonode.utils import (
@@ -104,6 +105,15 @@
 DEFAULT_STYLE_NAME = ["generic", "line", "point", "polygon", "raster"]
 
 
+def _sync_geoserver_keywords_to_instance(instance, keywords):
+    if not keywords:
+        return
+    try:
+        KeywordHandler(instance=instance, keywords=list(keywords)).set_keywords()
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception(f"Error while importing keywords from GeoServer for dataset {instance.name}")
+
+
 if not hasattr(settings, "OGC_SERVER"):
     msg = (
         "Please configure OGC_SERVER when enabling geonode.geoserver."
@@ -1969,6 +1979,8 @@ def sync_instance_with_geoserver(instance_id, *args, **kwargs):
                     setattr(instance, key, get_dataset_storetype(values[key]))
 
                 if updatemetadata:
+                    _sync_geoserver_keywords_to_instance(instance, gs_resource.keywords)
+
                     # Get metadata links
                     metadata_links = []
                     for link in instance.link_set.metadata():