diff --git a/client/src/components/_common/Form/DynamicForm/DynamicForm.jsx b/client/src/components/_common/Form/DynamicForm/DynamicForm.jsx
index f7f74f177..64c619763 100644
--- a/client/src/components/_common/Form/DynamicForm/DynamicForm.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/_common/Form/DynamicForm/DynamicForm.jsx
@@ -23,17 +23,18 @@ const DynamicForm = ({ initialFormFields, onChange }) => {
     modifiedField
   ) => {
     const { dependency } = field;
-
-    const filteredOptions = field.options.filter(
-      (option) => option.dependentId == values[dependency.name]
-    );
+    const filteredOptions = field.options.filter(option => {
+      if (option.value === 'other') {
+        return true;
+      }
+      return option.dependentId === values[dependency.name];
+    });
     const updatedOptions = [{ value: '', label: '' }, ...filteredOptions];
 
     // Only update the field value if the modified field is the dependency field
     if (modifiedField && modifiedField.name === dependency.name) {
       setFieldValue(field.name, updatedOptions[0].value);
     }
-
     return {
       ...field,
       hidden: false,
diff --git a/client/src/components/_custom/drp/utils/hooks/useDrpDatasetModals.js b/client/src/components/_custom/drp/utils/hooks/useDrpDatasetModals.js
index 2ba2ecab0..1e56eacd7 100644
--- a/client/src/components/_custom/drp/utils/hooks/useDrpDatasetModals.js
+++ b/client/src/components/_custom/drp/utils/hooks/useDrpDatasetModals.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ const useDrpDatasetModals = (
               };
             })
           );
-        } else if (field.name === 'base_origin_data') {
+        } else if (field.name === 'digital_dataset') {
           field.options.push(
             ...originDatasets.map((originData) => {
               return {
@@ -108,8 +108,15 @@ const useDrpDatasetModals = (
                 label: originData.value.name,
                 dependentId: originData.value.sample,
               };
-            })
+            }),
+            { value: 'other', label: 'Other (Specify Below)' }
           );
+          // field.options.push(
+          //      {
+          //       value: 'other',
+          //       label: 'Other',
+          //     }
+          // );
         }
       });
 
diff --git a/server/portal/apps/_custom/drp/models.py b/server/portal/apps/_custom/drp/models.py
index 095fe853c..4b246af9c 100644
--- a/server/portal/apps/_custom/drp/models.py
+++ b/server/portal/apps/_custom/drp/models.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class DrpDatasetMetadata(DrpMetadataModel):
     )
 
     name: str
-    description: str
+    description: Optional[str] = None
     data_type: Literal[
         "sample", 
         "origin_data",
@@ -232,3 +232,4 @@ class DrpAnalysisDatasetMetadata(DrpDatasetMetadata):
     sample: str
     # base_origin_data: Optional[str] = None
     digital_dataset: Optional[str] = None
+    digital_dataset_other_information: Optional[str] = None