diff --git a/geonode/base/api/fields.py b/geonode/base/api/fields.py
index 30bee56b73b..becfed80ad6 100644
--- a/geonode/base/api/fields.py
+++ b/geonode/base/api/fields.py
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
 from dynamic_rest.fields.fields import DynamicRelationField
 
-from geonode.base.models import RelatedIdentifierType, RelationType, RelatedIdentifier, FundingReference, Funder
+from geonode.base.models import (
+    RelatedIdentifierType,
+    RelationType,
+    RelatedIdentifier,
+    FundingReference,
+    Funder,
+    HierarchicalKeyword,
+)
 
 
 class RelatedIdentifierDynamicRelationField(DynamicRelationField):
@@ -56,6 +63,52 @@ def to_internal_value_single(self, data, serializer):
         return funder[0]
 
 
+class KeywordsDynamicRelationField(DynamicRelationField):
+    def to_internal_value_single(self, data, serializer):
+        """Overwrite of DynamicRelationField implementation to handle complex data structure initialization
+
+        Args:
+            data (Union[str, Dict]}): serialized or deserialized data from http calls (POST, GET ...),
+                                      if content-type application/json is used, data shows up as dict
+            serializer (DynamicModelSerializer): Serializer for the given data
+
+        Raises:
+            ValidationError: raised when requested data does not exist
+
+            django.db.models.QuerySet: return QuerySet object of the request or set data
+        """
+
+        related_model = serializer.Meta.model
+        try:
+            if isinstance(data, str):
+                data = json.loads(data)
+        except ValueError:
+            return super().to_internal_value_single(data, serializer)
+
+        if not isinstance(data, dict):
+            return super().to_internal_value_single(data, serializer)
+
+        def __set_full_keyword__(d):
+            if "name" not in d:
+                raise ValidationError('No "name" object found for given keyword ...')
+            if "slug" not in d:
+                d["slug"] = d["name"]
+            if "depth" not in d:
+                d["depth"] = 1
+            if "path" not in d:
+                d["path"] = d["name"]
+            return d
+
+        data = __set_full_keyword__(data)
+        keyword = HierarchicalKeyword.objects.filter(name=data["name"]).first()
+        if keyword is None:
+            keyword = HierarchicalKeyword.objects.create(
+                name=data["name"], slug=data["slug"], depth=data["depth"], path=data["path"]
+            )
+        keyword.save()
+        return keyword
+
+
 class ComplexDynamicRelationField(DynamicRelationField):
     def to_internal_value_single(self, data, serializer):
         """Overwrite of DynamicRelationField implementation to handle complex data structure initialization
diff --git a/geonode/base/api/serializers.py b/geonode/base/api/serializers.py
index 7e757c5f2ec..dd0871597e1 100644
--- a/geonode/base/api/serializers.py
+++ b/geonode/base/api/serializers.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     ComplexDynamicRelationField,
     RelatedIdentifierDynamicRelationField,
     FundersDynamicRelationField,
+    KeywordsDynamicRelationField,
 )
 from geonode.layers.utils import get_dataset_download_handlers, get_default_dataset_download_handler
 from geonode.utils import build_absolute_uri
@@ -703,7 +704,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.fields["sourcetype"] = serializers.CharField(read_only=True)
         self.fields["embed_url"] = EmbedUrlField(required=False)
         self.fields["thumbnail_url"] = ThumbnailUrlField(read_only=True)
-        self.fields["keywords"] = ComplexDynamicRelationField(
+        self.fields["keywords"] = KeywordsDynamicRelationField(
             SimpleHierarchicalKeywordSerializer, embed=False, many=True
         )
         self.fields["tkeywords"] = ComplexDynamicRelationField(SimpleThesaurusKeywordSerializer, embed=False, many=True)
@@ -882,7 +883,7 @@ def save(self, **kwargs):
         instance = super().save(**kwargs)
         if keywords is not None:
             instance.keywords.clear()
-            [instance.keywords.add(keyword) for keyword in keywords]
+            [instance.keywords.add(keyword.name) for keyword in keywords]
         if extent and instance.get_real_instance()._meta.model in api_bbox_settable_resource_models:
             srid = extent.get("srid", "EPSG:4326")
             coords = extent.get("coords")