diff --git a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/ri639/model/ResourceUpdate.java b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/ri639/model/ResourceUpdate.java
index 9686f329a4b1669983b312f0e71961277acff3cf..b996ccd88e75dae77dfd0e736b727ca1d15b5ca5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/ri639/model/ResourceUpdate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/ri639/model/ResourceUpdate.java
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ public class ResourceUpdate {
 		Any val = new Any();
 		val.setValue( aValue );
 		val.setAlias( null );
+
+		if (valueType != null)
+			resCharacteristicItem.setValueType(valueType);
 		
 		resCharacteristicItem.setValue( val );