diff --git a/src/Entity/EventSeries.php b/src/Entity/EventSeries.php
index 024b78e858ffc35fe3f866d43b8d792580faffa9..5aa8aac3d8a2455e13d1afdef8ac3644d9be5729 100644
--- a/src/Entity/EventSeries.php
+++ b/src/Entity/EventSeries.php
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class EventSeries extends EditorialContentEntityBase implements EventInterface {
       ->setLabel(t('Body'))
       ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
-      ->setRequired(TRUE)
+      ->setRequired(FALSE)
       ->setDisplayConfigurable('view', TRUE)
       ->setDisplayOptions('form', [
         'type' => 'text_textarea',