diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb
index 1dd31174e8df..8f7d1ea014b3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ def product_image_form_path(product)
     end
 
     def unit_value_with_description(variant)
-      return "" if variant.unit_value.nil?
+      return variant.unit_description.to_s if variant.unit_value.nil?
 
-      scaled_unit_value = variant.unit_value / (variant.product.variant_unit_scale || 1)
+      scaled_unit_value = variant.unit_value / (variant.variant_unit_scale || 1)
       precised_unit_value = number_with_precision(
         scaled_unit_value,
         precision: nil,
diff --git a/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml b/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
index 2d3fd6789676..fa423bbce75a 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       = f.hidden_field :unit_value
       = f.hidden_field :unit_description
       = f.text_field :unit_value_with_description,
-          value: unit_value_with_description(variant), 'aria-label': t('admin.products_page.columns.unit_value')
+          value: unit_value_with_description(variant), 'aria-label': t('admin.products_page.columns.unit_value'), required: true
     .field
       = f.label :display_as, t('admin.products_page.columns.display_as')
       = f.text_field :display_as, placeholder: VariantUnits::OptionValueNamer.new(variant).name
diff --git a/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb
index cdd4df9e2a16..cfd04180d99a 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 RSpec.describe Admin::ProductsHelper do
   describe '#unit_value_with_description' do
-    let(:product) { create(:product, variant_unit_scale: 1000.0) }
-    let(:variant) { create(:variant, product:, unit_value: 2000.0, unit_description: 'kg') }
+    let(:variant) {
+      create(:variant, variant_unit_scale: 1000.0, unit_value: 2000.0, unit_description: 'kg')
+    }
 
     context 'when unit_value and unit_description are present' do
       it 'returns the scaled unit value with the description' do
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
     end
 
     context 'when variant_unit_scale is nil' do
-      before { product.update_column(:variant_unit_scale, nil) }
+      before { variant.update_column(:variant_unit_scale, nil) }
 
       it 'uses default scale of 1 and returns the unscaled unit value with the description' do
         expect(helper.unit_value_with_description(variant)).to eq('2000 kg')
diff --git a/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb
index 608ce46fa636..6b4307368dff 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb
@@ -48,35 +48,34 @@
         fill_in "Name", with: "Pommes"
         fill_in "SKU", with: "POM-00"
       end
+
       within row_containing_name("Medium box") do
         fill_in "Name", with: "Large box"
         fill_in "SKU", with: "POM-01"
 
         tomselect_select "Volume (mL)", from: "Unit scale"
-        click_on "Unit" # activate popout
-      end
 
-      # Unit popout
-      # have to use below method to trigger the +change+ event,
-      #   +fill_in "Unit value", with: ""+ does not trigger +change+ event
-      find_field('Unit value').send_keys(:control, 'a', :backspace) # empty the field
-      click_button "Save changes" # attempt to save and should fail with below error
-      expect(page).to have_content "must be greater than 0"
-      click_on "Unit" # activate popout
-      fill_in "Unit value", with: "500.1"
-
-      within row_containing_name("Medium box") do
-        fill_in "Name", with: "Large box"
-        fill_in "SKU", with: "POM-01"
+        # Unit popout
+        click_on "Unit" # activate popout
+        # have to use below method to trigger the +change+ event,
+        #   +fill_in "Unit value", with: ""+ does not trigger +change+ event
+        find_field('Unit value').send_keys(:control, 'a', :backspace) # empty the field
+        # In CI we get "Please fill out this field." and locally we get
+        # "Please fill in this field."
+        expect_browser_validation('input[aria-label="Unit value"]',
+                                  /Please fill (in|out) this field./)
+
+        fill_in "Unit value", with: "500.1"
         fill_in "Price", with: "10.25"
 
+        # Stock popout
         click_on "On Hand" # activate popout
+        fill_in "On Hand", with: "-1"
       end
 
-      # Stock popout
-      fill_in "On Hand", with: "-1"
       click_button "Save changes" # attempt to save or close the popout
       expect(page).to have_field "On Hand", with: "-1" # popout is still open
+
       fill_in "On Hand", with: "6"
 
       expect {