diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb
index cefbd9728..78f1cfecc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/registrant/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module Api
             contact.disclosed_attributes = disclosed_attributes
           end
 
-          contact.publishable = reparsed_request_json[:publishable] if reparsed_request_json[:publishable]
+          contact.publishable = reparsed_request_json[:publishable] if reparsed_request_json[:publishable].present?
 
           logger.debug "Setting.address_processing is set to #{Setting.address_processing}"
 
diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index e83a54e02..41c176022 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Contact < ApplicationRecord
 
   validate :validate_html
   validate :validate_country_code, if: -> { self.class.address_processing? }
-  validates_inclusion_of :publishable, in: [false], unless: -> { registrant? }
+  validates :publishable, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
 
   after_initialize do
     self.status_notes = {} if status_notes.nil?
diff --git a/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb b/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb
index 50618647f..bbb977163 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api/v1/registrant/contacts/update_test.rb
@@ -229,6 +229,21 @@ class RegistrantApiV1ContactUpdateTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     assert_equal %w[phone], @contact.disclosed_attributes
   end
 
+  def test_publishable_change_when_present
+    @contact = contacts(:acme_ltd)
+    @contact.update!(publishable: false)
+
+    patch api_v1_registrant_contact_path(@contact.uuid),
+          params: { disclosed_attributes: %w[], publishable: true },
+          as: :json,
+          headers: { 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => auth_token }
+    @contact.reload
+
+    assert_response :ok
+    assert @contact.publishable
+  end
+
+
   def test_return_contact_details
     patch api_v1_registrant_contact_path(@contact.uuid), params: { name: 'new name' },
           as: :json,