diff --git a/mlrun/artifacts/plots.py b/mlrun/artifacts/plots.py
index 50c56ad2f6c..c7230ec2110 100644
--- a/mlrun/artifacts/plots.py
+++ b/mlrun/artifacts/plots.py
@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ def get_body(self):
 
 class ChartArtifact(Artifact):
     kind = "chart"
-    _dict_fields = [
-        "key",
-        "kind",
-        "iter",
-        "tree",
-        "src_path",
-        "target_path",
-        "hash",
-        "description",
-        "viewer",
-    ]
 
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/artifacts/__init__.py b/tests/artifacts/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/artifacts/test_artifacts.py b/tests/artifacts/test_artifacts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fa48592553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/artifacts/test_artifacts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import mlrun.artifacts
+
+
+def test_artifacts_export_required_fields():
+    artifact_classes = [
+        mlrun.artifacts.Artifact,
+        mlrun.artifacts.ChartArtifact,
+        mlrun.artifacts.PlotArtifact,
+        mlrun.artifacts.DatasetArtifact,
+        mlrun.artifacts.ModelArtifact,
+        mlrun.artifacts.TableArtifact,
+    ]
+
+    required_fields = [
+        "key",
+        "kind",
+        "db_key",
+    ]
+
+    for artifact_class in artifact_classes:
+        for required_field in required_fields:
+            assert required_field in artifact_class._dict_fields