diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/dto/fms/ParalogyFmsDTOValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/dto/fms/ParalogyFmsDTOValidator.java
index 6a6d611f2..68247c5d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/dto/fms/ParalogyFmsDTOValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/dto/fms/ParalogyFmsDTOValidator.java
@@ -162,19 +162,13 @@ public GeneToGeneParalogy validateParalogyFmsDTO(ParalogyFmsDTO dto) throws Obje
 		}
 		paralogyData.setConfidence(confidence);
 
-		if (dto.getSimilarity() == null) {
-			paralogyResponse.addErrorMessage("Similarity", ValidationConstants.REQUIRED_MESSAGE);
-		} else {
+		if (dto.getSimilarity() != null) {
 			paralogyData.setSimilarity(dto.getSimilarity());
 		}
-		if (dto.getIdentity() == null) {
-			paralogyResponse.addErrorMessage("Identity", ValidationConstants.REQUIRED_MESSAGE);
-		} else {
+		if (dto.getIdentity() != null) {
 			paralogyData.setIdentity(dto.getIdentity());
 		}
-		if (dto.getLength() == null) {
-			paralogyResponse.addErrorMessage("Length", ValidationConstants.REQUIRED_MESSAGE);
-		} else {
+		if (dto.getLength() != null) {
 			paralogyData.setLength(dto.getLength());
 		}
 		if (dto.getRank() == null) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/ParalogyBulkUploadFmsITCase.java b/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/ParalogyBulkUploadFmsITCase.java
index e70784e4e..a295c0a59 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/ParalogyBulkUploadFmsITCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/ParalogyBulkUploadFmsITCase.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 @QuarkusTestResource(TestContainerResource.Initializer.class)
 @TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
 @TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
-@DisplayName("605 - Paralogy bulk upload - FMS")
-@Order(605)
+@DisplayName("607 - Paralogy bulk upload - FMS")
+@Order(607)
 public class ParalogyBulkUploadFmsITCase extends BaseITCase {
 
 	@BeforeEach
@@ -89,10 +89,7 @@ public void paralogyBulkUploadMissingRequiredFields() throws Exception {
 		checkFailedBulkLoad(paralogyBulkPostEndpoint, paralogyTestFilePath + "MR_02_no_gene2.json");
 		checkFailedBulkLoad(paralogyBulkPostEndpoint, paralogyTestFilePath + "MR_03_no_species.json");
 		checkFailedBulkLoad(paralogyBulkPostEndpoint, paralogyTestFilePath + "MR_04_no_confidence.json");
-		checkFailedBulkLoad(paralogyBulkPostEndpoint, paralogyTestFilePath + "MR_05_no_identity.json");
-		checkFailedBulkLoad(paralogyBulkPostEndpoint, paralogyTestFilePath + "MR_06_no_length.json");
 		checkFailedBulkLoad(paralogyBulkPostEndpoint, paralogyTestFilePath + "MR_07_no_rank.json");
-		checkFailedBulkLoad(paralogyBulkPostEndpoint, paralogyTestFilePath + "MR_08_no_similarity.json");
 	}
 
 	@Test