diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDocument.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDocument.ts
index 51713e791..9f4565c94 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDocument.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/deleteDocument.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const deleteDocument = async (collection: CollectionBase, documentId: Doc
     await client()
       .database(collection.databaseId)
       .container(collection.id())
-      .item(documentId.id(), documentId.partitionKeyValue?.length === 0 ? undefined : documentId.partitionKeyValue)
+      .item(documentId.id(), documentId.partitionKeyValue?.length === 0 ? "" : documentId.partitionKeyValue)
       .delete();
     logConsoleInfo(`Successfully deleted ${entityName} ${documentId.id()}`);
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/readDocument.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/readDocument.ts
index 6e826b041..4ff63dfb6 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/readDocument.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/readDocument.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ export const readDocument = async (collection: CollectionBase, documentId: Docum
     const response = await client()
       .database(collection.databaseId)
       .container(collection.id())
-      // use undefined if the partitionKeyValue is empty
-      .item(documentId.id(), documentId.partitionKeyValue?.length === 0 ? undefined : documentId.partitionKeyValue)
+      .item(documentId.id(), documentId.partitionKeyValue?.length === 0 ? "" : documentId.partitionKeyValue)
       .read(options);
 
     return response?.resource;
diff --git a/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts b/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts
index 8aa100bbc..350bfc734 100644
--- a/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts
+++ b/src/Common/dataAccess/updateDocument.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const updateDocument = async (
     const response = await client()
       .database(collection.databaseId)
       .container(collection.id())
-      .item(documentId.id(), documentId.partitionKeyValue?.length === 0 ? undefined : documentId.partitionKeyValue)
+      .item(documentId.id(), documentId.partitionKeyValue?.length === 0 ? "" : documentId.partitionKeyValue)
       .replace(newDocument, options);
 
     logConsoleInfo(`Successfully updated ${entityName} ${documentId.id()}`);