diff --git a/care/emr/api/viewsets/medication_request.py b/care/emr/api/viewsets/medication_request.py
index c7b05aa9f2..d00ce9cb9c 100644
--- a/care/emr/api/viewsets/medication_request.py
+++ b/care/emr/api/viewsets/medication_request.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     MedicationRequestReadSpec,
     MedicationRequestSpec,
     MedicationRequestStatus,
+    MedicationRequestUpdateSpec,
 )
 from care.emr.resources.questionnaire.spec import SubjectType
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ class MedicationRequestViewSet(
     database_model = MedicationRequest
     pydantic_model = MedicationRequestSpec
     pydantic_read_model = MedicationRequestReadSpec
+    pydantic_update_model = MedicationRequestUpdateSpec
     questionnaire_type = "medication_request"
     questionnaire_title = "Medication Request"
     questionnaire_description = "Medication Request"
diff --git a/care/emr/api/viewsets/organization.py b/care/emr/api/viewsets/organization.py
index 5b6bdbf725..8665bfaefa 100644
--- a/care/emr/api/viewsets/organization.py
+++ b/care/emr/api/viewsets/organization.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ def mine(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 class OrganizationUserFilter(filters.FilterSet):
     username = filters.CharFilter(field_name="user__username", lookup_expr="icontains")
 
+
 class OrganizationUsersViewSet(EMRModelViewSet):
     database_model = OrganizationUser
     pydantic_model = OrganizationUserWriteSpec
diff --git a/care/emr/resources/medication/request/spec.py b/care/emr/resources/medication/request/spec.py
index afedf31e94..3f72d44c31 100644
--- a/care/emr/resources/medication/request/spec.py
+++ b/care/emr/resources/medication/request/spec.py
@@ -195,9 +195,12 @@ def validate_method(cls, code):
         )
 
 
-class BaseMedicationRequestSpec(EMRResource):
+class MedicationRequestResource(EMRResource):
     __model__ = MedicationRequest
     __exclude__ = ["patient", "encounter"]
+
+
+class BaseMedicationRequestSpec(MedicationRequestResource):
     id: UUID4 = None
 
     status: MedicationRequestStatus
@@ -248,6 +251,10 @@ def perform_extra_deserialization(self, is_update, obj):
             obj.patient = obj.encounter.patient
 
 
+class MedicationRequestUpdateSpec(MedicationRequestResource):
+    status: MedicationRequestStatus
+
+
 class MedicationRequestReadSpec(BaseMedicationRequestSpec):
     created_by: UserSpec = dict
     updated_by: UserSpec = dict