diff --git a/web-api/src/business/useCases/docketEntry/completeDocketEntryQCInteractor.ts b/web-api/src/business/useCases/docketEntry/completeDocketEntryQCInteractor.ts
index 2da168680d9..1575934fa02 100644
--- a/web-api/src/business/useCases/docketEntry/completeDocketEntryQCInteractor.ts
+++ b/web-api/src/business/useCases/docketEntry/completeDocketEntryQCInteractor.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { ServerApplicationContext } from '@web-api/applicationContext';
 import { UnknownAuthUser } from '@shared/business/entities/authUser/AuthUser';
 import { User } from '../../../../../shared/src/business/entities/User';
+import { WorkItem } from '@shared/business/entities/WorkItem';
 import { addServedStampToDocument } from '@web-api/business/useCases/courtIssuedDocument/addServedStampToDocument';
 import { aggregatePartiesForService } from '@shared/business/utilities/aggregatePartiesForService';
 import { generateNoticeOfDocketChangePdf } from '@web-api/business/useCaseHelper/noticeOfDocketChange/generateNoticeOfDocketChangePdf';
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ const completeDocketEntryQC = async (
     .getUseCaseHelpers()
     .updateCaseAutomaticBlock({ applicationContext, caseEntity });
 
-  const workItemToUpdate = updatedDocketEntry.workItem;
+  const workItemToUpdate = updatedDocketEntry.workItem as WorkItem;
 
   Object.assign(workItemToUpdate, {
     docketEntry: {
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ const completeDocketEntryQC = async (
     sentByUserId: user.userId,
   });
 
-  await saveWorkItem(workItemToUpdate.validate().toRawObject());
+  await saveWorkItem({ workItem: workItemToUpdate.validate().toRawObject() });
 
   let servedParties = aggregatePartiesForService(caseEntity);
   let paperServicePdfUrl;
diff --git a/web-client/integration-tests/journey/petitionsClerkAssignsWorkItemToSelf.ts b/web-client/integration-tests/journey/petitionsClerkAssignsWorkItemToSelf.ts
index 728b56f2f08..6f5ce9b9c22 100644
--- a/web-client/integration-tests/journey/petitionsClerkAssignsWorkItemToSelf.ts
+++ b/web-client/integration-tests/journey/petitionsClerkAssignsWorkItemToSelf.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ export const petitionsClerkAssignsWorkItemToSelf = cerebralTest => {
     await cerebralTest.runSequence('selectWorkItemSequence', {
       workItem: unassignedWorkItem,
     });
+
     const selectedWorkItems = cerebralTest.getState('selectedWorkItems');
     expect(selectedWorkItems.length).toEqual(1);
     cerebralTest.selectedWorkItem = selectedWorkItems[0];
-    expect(unassignedWorkItem).toMatchObject({
-      assigneeId: null,
-    });
+    expect(unassignedWorkItem.assigneId).not.toBeDefined();
 
     // select an assignee
     expect(cerebralTest.getState('assigneeId')).toBeNull();