diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts
index dee06c29b2..9886eb28d2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts
@@ -318,6 +318,12 @@ export class FormComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
     const model = arrayContext.groups[arrayContext.groups.length - 1].group[0] as any;
     if (model.type === DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_SCROLLABLE_DROPDOWN) {
       model.value = Object.values(value)[0];
+      const ctrl = formArrayControl.controls[formArrayControl.length - 1];
+      const ctrlValue = ctrl.value;
+      const ctrlValueKey = Object.keys(ctrlValue)[0];
+      ctrl.setValue({
+        [ctrlValueKey]: model.value
+      });
     } else if (this.formBuilderService.isQualdropGroup(model)) {
       const ctrl = formArrayControl.controls[formArrayControl.length - 1];
       const ctrlKey = Object.keys(ctrl.value).find((key: string) => isNotEmpty(key.match(QUALDROP_GROUP_REGEX)));
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts
index 6e7a35fe26..28bf71b210 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { FormBuilderService } from '../../../shared/form/builder/form-builder.se
 import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
 import { DynamicQualdropModel } from '../../../shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/ds-dynamic-qualdrop.model';
 import { DynamicRelationGroupModel } from '../../../shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/relation-group/dynamic-relation-group.model';
+import { deepClone } from 'fast-json-patch';
 
 /**
  * The service handling all form section operations
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ export class SectionFormOperationsService {
     event: DynamicFormControlEvent
   ): void {
     const path = this.getFieldPathSegmentedFromChangeEvent(event);
-    const value = this.getFieldValueFromChangeEvent(event);
+    const value = deepClone(this.getFieldValueFromChangeEvent(event));
     if (isNotEmpty(value)) {
       value.place = this.getArrayIndexFromEvent(event);
       if (hasValue(event.group) && hasValue(event.group.value)) {