diff --git a/btrdb/stream.py b/btrdb/stream.py
index e9d4ac5..e1cd2d7 100644
--- a/btrdb/stream.py
+++ b/btrdb/stream.py
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ def _update_tags_collection(self, tags, collection):
         """
         :meta private:
         """
-        tags = self.tags() if tags is None else tags
+        tags = {} if tags is None else tags
         collection = self.collection if collection is None else collection
         if collection is None:
             raise BTRDBValueError(
diff --git a/tests/btrdb/test_stream.py b/tests/btrdb/test_stream.py
index 4fede74..5887afa 100644
--- a/tests/btrdb/test_stream.py
+++ b/tests/btrdb/test_stream.py
@@ -272,15 +272,14 @@ def test_update_collection(self):
         endpoint = Mock(Endpoint)
         endpoint.streamInfo = Mock(return_value=("koala", 42, {}, {}, None))
         endpoint.info = Mock(return_value={"majorVersion": 5, "minorVersion": 30})
-        stream = Stream(btrdb=BTrDB(endpoint), uuid=uu)
+        stream = Stream(btrdb=BTrDB(endpoint), uuid=uu, property_version=42)
 
         collection = "giraffe"
 
         stream.update(collection=collection)
         stream._btrdb.ep.setStreamTags.assert_called_once_with(
-            uu=uu, expected=42, tags=stream.tags(), collection=collection
+            uu=uu, expected=42, tags={}, collection=collection
         )
-        stream._btrdb.ep.setStreamAnnotations.assert_not_called()
 
     def test_update_annotations(self):
         """