diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f043c15..0f85ff9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>gov.cms.madie</groupId>
   <artifactId>madie-java-models</artifactId>
-  <version>0.6.53-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.6.54-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>madie-java-models</name>
   <description>Java based models for MADiE microservices</description>
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/models/cqm/datacriteria/basetypes/TestCaseJson.java b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/models/cqm/datacriteria/basetypes/TestCaseJson.java
index 760e57c..4a14d2e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/models/cqm/datacriteria/basetypes/TestCaseJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/models/cqm/datacriteria/basetypes/TestCaseJson.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @Getter
 @Setter
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class TestCaseJson {
   private String _id;
   private String qdmVersion = "5.6";