diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/network/node_peer.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/network/node_peer.py
index 6711e5480d9..d28c14d693b 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/network/node_peer.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/network/node_peer.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from ...types.datetime import DateTime
 from ...types.syft_migration import migrate
 from ...types.syft_object import PartialSyftObject
+from ...types.syft_object import SYFT_OBJECT_VERSION_1
 from ...types.syft_object import SYFT_OBJECT_VERSION_2
 from ...types.syft_object import SYFT_OBJECT_VERSION_3
 from ...types.syft_object import SyftObject
@@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ def delete_route(
 
 
 class NodePeerUpdate(PartialSyftObject):
-    id: UID
+    __canonical_name__ = "NodePeerUpdate"
+    __version__ = SYFT_OBJECT_VERSION_1
+
     name: str
-    verify_key: SyftVerifyKey
     node_routes: list[NodeRouteType]
-    node_type: NodeType
     admin_email: str
     ping_status: NodePeerConnectionStatus
     ping_status_message: str
diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/store/mongo_document_store.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/store/mongo_document_store.py
index fa38d6c1ba8..59d6799c2bb 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/store/mongo_document_store.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/store/mongo_document_store.py
@@ -357,17 +357,17 @@ def _update(
         if has_permission or self.has_permission(
             ActionObjectWRITE(uid=prev_obj.id, credentials=credentials)
         ):
-            # we don't want to overwrite Mongo's "id_" or Syft's "id" on update
-            obj_id = obj["id"]
+            for key, value in obj.to_dict(exclude_empty=True).items():
+                # we don't want to overwrite Mongo's "id_" or Syft's "id" on update
+                if key == "id":
+                    # protected field
+                    continue
 
-            # Set ID to the updated object value
-            obj.id = prev_obj["id"]
+                # Overwrite the value if the key is already present
+                setattr(prev_obj, key, value)
 
             # Create the Mongo object
-            storage_obj = obj.to(self.storage_type)
-
-            # revert the ID
-            obj.id = obj_id
+            storage_obj = prev_obj.to(self.storage_type)
 
             try:
                 collection.update_one(