diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/astradb.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/astradb.py
index eac794ba4..b3e58da1c 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/astradb.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/astradb.py
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@ class AstraVectorStoreComponent(LCVectorStoreComponent):
                 bulk_delete_concurrency=self.bulk_delete_concurrency or None,
                 setup_mode=setup_mode_value,
                 pre_delete_collection=self.pre_delete_collection,
-                metadata_indexing_include=[s for s in self.metadata_indexing_include if s],
-                metadata_indexing_exclude=[s for s in self.metadata_indexing_exclude if s],
+                metadata_indexing_include=[s for s in self.metadata_indexing_include if s] or None,
+                metadata_indexing_exclude=[s for s in self.metadata_indexing_exclude if s] or None,
                 collection_indexing_policy=orjson.dumps(self.collection_indexing_policy)
                 if self.collection_indexing_policy
                 else None,