diff --git a/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/list/list-group.tsx b/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/list/list-group.tsx
index e5f567d35..073eec27c 100644
--- a/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/list/list-group.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/list/list-group.tsx
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export const ListGroup = observer((props: Props) => {
     isWorkflowDropDisabled,
   ]);
 
-  const isDragAllowed = !!group_by && DRAG_ALLOWED_GROUPS.includes(group_by);
+  const isDragAllowed = group_by ? DRAG_ALLOWED_GROUPS.includes(group_by) : true;
   const canOverlayBeVisible = isWorkflowDropDisabled || orderBy !== "sort_order" || !!group.isDropDisabled;
   const isDropDisabled = isWorkflowDropDisabled || !!group.isDropDisabled;
 
diff --git a/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/utils.tsx b/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/utils.tsx
index 7afc931e4..c63ce1b0f 100644
--- a/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/utils.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/utils.tsx
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ export const handleGroupDragDrop = async (
   subGroupBy: TIssueGroupByOptions | undefined,
   shouldAddIssueAtTop = false
 ) => {
-  if (!source.id || !groupBy || (subGroupBy && (!source.subGroupId || !destination.subGroupId))) return;
+  if (!source.id || (subGroupBy && (!source.subGroupId || !destination.subGroupId))) return;
 
   let updatedIssue: Partial<TIssue> = {};
   const issueUpdates: IssueUpdates = {};
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ export const handleGroupDragDrop = async (
   };
 
   // update updatedIssue values based on the source and destination groupIds
-  if (source.groupId && destination.groupId && source.groupId !== destination.groupId) {
+  if (source.groupId && destination.groupId && source.groupId !== destination.groupId && groupBy) {
     const groupKey = ISSUE_FILTER_DEFAULT_DATA[groupBy];
     let groupValue: any = clone(sourceIssue[groupKey]);