diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts b/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts
index 96ed85de2..7da584b74 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ export const updateContentForFileItem = async (msg: UpdateContentMessage) => {
   }
 
   const itemToUpdate: QueryDeepPartialEntity<LibraryItem> = {
-    ...msg,
+    title: msg.title,
+    description: msg.description,
+    author: msg.author,
     // content may not be present if we failed to parse the file
     originalContent: msg.content,
     // This event is fired after the file is fully uploaded,