diff --git a/src/views/admin/components/metadata-types/compound/child-metadata-list.vue b/src/views/admin/components/metadata-types/compound/child-metadata-list.vue
index 05ef9c86a..a4e6077f6 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/components/metadata-types/compound/child-metadata-list.vue
+++ b/src/views/admin/components/metadata-types/compound/child-metadata-list.vue
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
                 ghost-class="sortable-ghost"
                 chosen-class="sortable-chosen"
                 filter=".not-sortable-item"
+                :prevent-on-filter="false"
                 :animation="250"> 
             <div 
                     class="active-metadatum-item"
diff --git a/src/views/admin/pages/lists/filters-page.vue b/src/views/admin/pages/lists/filters-page.vue
index f68d0ae86..fde1d54a4 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/pages/lists/filters-page.vue
+++ b/src/views/admin/pages/lists/filters-page.vue
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
                             :sort="(openedFilterId == '' || openedFilterId == undefined) && !isRepositoryLevel"
                             :handle="'.handle'" 
                             ghost-class="sortable-ghost"
-                            filter="not-sortable-item" 
+                            filter=".not-sortable-item"
+                            :prevent-on-filter="false"
                             :animation="250"> 
                         <div  
                                 class="active-filter-item" 
@@ -169,7 +170,8 @@
                                 v-if="availableMetadata.length > 0 && !isLoadingMetadatumTypes"
                                 v-model="availableMetadata"
                                 :sort="false"
-                                filter="not-sortable-item" 
+                                filter=".not-sortable-item"
+                                :prevent-on-filter="false" 
                                 :group="{ name:'filters', pull: !isSelectingFilterType, put: false, revertClone: true }"
                                 drag-class="sortable-drag">
                             <template v-for="(metadatum, index) in availableMetadata">
diff --git a/src/views/admin/pages/lists/metadata-page.vue b/src/views/admin/pages/lists/metadata-page.vue
index b0db8ba3c..8a2274618 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/pages/lists/metadata-page.vue
+++ b/src/views/admin/pages/lists/metadata-page.vue
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
                                     :handle="'.handle'"
                                     ghost-class="sortable-ghost"
                                     chosen-class="sortable-chosen"
-                                    filter="not-sortable-item"
+                                    filter=".not-sortable-item"
+                                    :prevent-on-filter="false"
                                     :animation="250">
                                 <div    
                                         v-for="(metadatum, index) in activeMetadatumList.filter((meta) => meta != undefined && meta.parent == 0)"