diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/subscribers/dtos/update-subscriber-request.dto.ts b/apps/api/src/app/subscribers/dtos/update-subscriber-request.dto.ts
index 451f9eab489..c426881c976 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/subscribers/dtos/update-subscriber-request.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/subscribers/dtos/update-subscriber-request.dto.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { IsEmail, IsLocale, IsOptional, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 import { SubscriberCustomData } from '@novu/shared';
+import { Transform } from 'class-transformer';
 
 export class UpdateSubscriberRequestDto {
   @ApiProperty()
-  @IsEmail()
+  @Transform((params) => (params.value === '' ? null : params.value))
   @IsOptional()
+  @IsEmail()
   email?: string;
 
   @ApiProperty()
diff --git a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.command.ts b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.command.ts
index da5bb8554cd..1de18a3dd91 100644
--- a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.command.ts
+++ b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.command.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { IsEmail, IsLocale, IsOptional, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 import { SubscriberEntity } from '@novu/dal';
 import { SubscriberCustomData } from '@novu/shared';
+import { Transform } from 'class-transformer';
 
 import { EnvironmentCommand } from '../../commands/project.command';
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export class UpdateSubscriberCommand extends EnvironmentCommand {
   @IsOptional()
   lastName?: string;
 
+  @Transform((params) => (params.value === '' ? null : params.value))
   @IsOptional()
   @IsEmail()
   email?: string;
diff --git a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.usecase.ts b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.usecase.ts
index 83bf10f64d4..8d5c07dff36 100644
--- a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.usecase.ts
+++ b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/update-subscriber/update-subscriber.usecase.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ export class UpdateSubscriber {
     }
 
     const updatePayload: Partial<SubscriberEntity> = {};
-    if (command.email != null) {
-      updatePayload.email = command.email;
-    }
+    updatePayload.email = command.email;
 
     if (command.phone != null) {
       updatePayload.phone = command.phone;
@@ -78,7 +76,9 @@ export class UpdateSubscriber {
         _environmentId: command.environmentId,
         _id: foundSubscriber._id,
       },
-      { $set: updatePayload }
+      {
+        $set: updatePayload,
+      }
     );
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/application-generic/src/utils/subscriber.ts b/packages/application-generic/src/utils/subscriber.ts
index d5e19de25be..79cf31830fc 100644
--- a/packages/application-generic/src/utils/subscriber.ts
+++ b/packages/application-generic/src/utils/subscriber.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ export function subscriberNeedUpdate(
 ): boolean {
   return (
     !!(
-      subscriberPayload?.email && subscriber?.email !== subscriberPayload?.email
+      subscriber?.email !== undefined &&
+      subscriber?.email !== subscriberPayload?.email
     ) ||
     !!(
       subscriberPayload?.firstName &&