diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.spec.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.spec.ts
index 9c0d1d9373..27e97de0dc 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.spec.ts
@@ -1232,4 +1232,28 @@ describe('FormFieldModel', () => {
         expect(FormFieldTypes.isValidatableType(FormFieldTypes.TEXT)).toBeFalse();
         expect(field.validate()).toBe(true);
     });
+
+    it('should set the tooltip correctly', () => {
+        const form = new FormModel();
+        const tooltipText = 'This is a tooltip';
+        const field = new FormFieldModel(form, {
+            id: 'field_with_tooltip',
+            name: 'Field with Tooltip',
+            type: 'text',
+            tooltip: tooltipText
+        });
+
+        expect(field.tooltip).toBe(tooltipText);
+    });
+
+    it('should set the tooltip to an empty string when not set', () => {
+        const form = new FormModel();
+        const field = new FormFieldModel(form, {
+            id: 'field_without_tooltip',
+            name: 'Field without Tooltip',
+            type: 'text'
+        });
+
+        expect(field.tooltip).toBe('');
+    });
 });
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
index 20ae6c9a91..89d2fc6a06 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
             this.currency = json.currency;
             this.dateDisplayFormat = json.dateDisplayFormat || this.getDefaultDateFormat(json);
             this.validationSummary = new ErrorMessageModel();
-            this.tooltip = json.tooltip;
+            this.tooltip = json.tooltip || '';
             this.selectionType = json.selectionType;
             this.alignmentType = json.alignmentType;
             this.rule = json.rule;