diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBean.java b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBean.java
index f644814af2..ec437ac25d 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBean.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBean.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public String getProject() {
     @JsonIgnore
     public String getProjectName() {
         if (fields != null && Objects.nonNull(((Map) fields.get(PROJECT)).get(NAME))) {
-            ((Map) fields.get(PROJECT)).get(NAME).toString();
+            return ((Map) fields.get(PROJECT)).get(NAME).toString();
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBeanTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBeanTest.java
index 220c8e1c42..0f99ddccbf 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBeanTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/models/IssueBeanTest.java
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.jira.utils.Constants.KEY;
+import static org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.jira.utils.Constants.NAME;
+import static org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.jira.utils.Constants.PROJECT;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 public class IssueBeanTest {
@@ -51,6 +55,23 @@ public void testNull() {
         assertNull(issueBean.getFields());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testNullCases() {
+        assertNull(issueBean.getProject());
+        assertNull(issueBean.getProjectName());
+        assertEquals(issueBean.getUpdatedTimeMillis(), 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGivenDateField() {
+        Map<String, Object> fieldsTestObject = new HashMap<>();
+        fieldsTestObject.put("created", "2024-07-06T21:12:23.437-0700");
+        fieldsTestObject.put("updated", "2022-07-06T21:12:23.106-0700");
+        issueBean.setFields(fieldsTestObject);
+        assertEquals(issueBean.getCreatedTimeMillis(), 1720325543000L);
+        assertEquals(issueBean.getUpdatedTimeMillis(), 1657167143000L);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testStringSettersAndGetters() {
         String self = "selfTest";
@@ -81,4 +102,19 @@ public void testMapSettersAndGetters() {
         assertEquals(issueBean.getFields(), fieldsTestObject);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testFieldPropertyGetters() {
+        Map<String, Object> fieldsTestObject = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Object> projectTestObject = new HashMap<>();
+        String projectName = "name of project";
+        String projectKey = "PROJKEY";
+        projectTestObject.put(KEY, projectKey);
+        projectTestObject.put(NAME, projectName);
+        fieldsTestObject.put(PROJECT, projectTestObject);
+
+        issueBean.setFields(fieldsTestObject);
+        assertEquals(projectKey, issueBean.getProject());
+        assertEquals(projectName, issueBean.getProjectName());
+    }
+
 }