diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/metadata/lineage.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/metadata/lineage.py
index 9f96f837eb9b3..c53fc06665918 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/metadata/lineage.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/metadata/lineage.py
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ def downstream_type_must_be_supported(cls, v: str) -> str:
 
 class EntityNodeConfig(ConfigModel):
     entity: EntityConfig
-    upstream: Optional[List["EntityNodeConfig"]]
-    fineGrainedLineages: Optional[List[FineGrainedLineageConfig]]
+    upstream: Optional[List["EntityNodeConfig"]] = None
+    fineGrainedLineages: Optional[List[FineGrainedLineageConfig]] = None
 
 
 # https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/usage/postponed_annotations/ required for when you reference a model within itself