diff --git a/src/neo4j_graphrag/experimental/components/entity_relation_extractor.py b/src/neo4j_graphrag/experimental/components/entity_relation_extractor.py
index f21a22fed..112d8b2c6 100644
--- a/src/neo4j_graphrag/experimental/components/entity_relation_extractor.py
+++ b/src/neo4j_graphrag/experimental/components/entity_relation_extractor.py
@@ -404,7 +404,12 @@ def _enforce_nodes(
             if not schema_entity:
                 continue
             allowed_props = schema_entity.get("properties", [])
-            filtered_props = self._enforce_properties(node.properties, allowed_props)
+            if allowed_props:
+                filtered_props = self._enforce_properties(
+                    node.properties, allowed_props
+                )
+            else:
+                filtered_props = node.properties
             if filtered_props:
                 valid_nodes.append(
                     Neo4jNode(
@@ -469,7 +474,10 @@ def _enforce_relationships(
                     continue
 
             allowed_props = schema_relation.get("properties", [])
-            filtered_props = self._enforce_properties(rel.properties, allowed_props)
+            if allowed_props:
+                filtered_props = self._enforce_properties(rel.properties, allowed_props)
+            else:
+                filtered_props = rel.properties
 
             valid_rels.append(
                 Neo4jRelationship(
diff --git a/tests/unit/experimental/components/test_entity_relation_extractor.py b/tests/unit/experimental/components/test_entity_relation_extractor.py
index 21fe8807d..cebc3d31e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/experimental/components/test_entity_relation_extractor.py
+++ b/tests/unit/experimental/components/test_entity_relation_extractor.py
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ async def test_extractor_schema_enforcement_valid_nodes_with_empty_props() -> No
 
     result: Neo4jGraph = await extractor.run(chunks, schema=schema)
 
-    assert len(result.nodes) == 0
+    assert len(result.nodes) == 1
 
 
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