diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index f6366bef8aabd9b7f2a4dc83d6e92d8c8caa4446..8b4b237b2008809525788431eb8c505f7b92ec96 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Summary
 ### Features
-- cta/CTA#146 - Refactoring of operation tools cmd line parsing
-### Building and Packaging
-- cta/CTA#107 - Check latest version of gtest suite
-### Bug fixes 
+- cta/CTA#153 - Allow verification status to be cleared with cta-admin
+### Bug fixes
 - cta/CTA#161 - Fix bug when using temporary tables with PostgreSQL
 
 # v4.7.12-1
diff --git a/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp b/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp
index 77ff7875ce814678fc3ba684de396876622a2f6c..d38b93b715ef64cd62e484d9ca3813e28c65f572 100644
--- a/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp
@@ -6352,7 +6352,18 @@ TEST_P(cta_catalogue_CatalogueTest, modifyTapeVerificationStatus) {
     ASSERT_EQ(m_admin.username, creationLog.username);
     ASSERT_EQ(m_admin.host, creationLog.host);
     ASSERT_EQ(tape.verificationStatus.value(), modifiedVerificationStatus);
+  }
+
+  // Clear verification status
+  m_catalogue->modifyTapeVerificationStatus(m_admin, m_tape1.vid, "");
+  {
+    const std::list<common::dataStructures::Tape> tapes = m_catalogue->getTapes();
 
+    ASSERT_EQ(1, tapes.size());
+
+    const common::dataStructures::Tape tape = tapes.front();
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_tape1.vid, tape.vid);
+    ASSERT_EQ(tape.verificationStatus.has_value(), false);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
index f134c9fd15b70b5a4dc5613dc973b89cec5dbfd7..677d715bd8563bfa4acf0c7e990bd25fd5975ebc 100644
--- a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
@@ -5107,7 +5107,11 @@ void RdbmsCatalogue::modifyTapeVerificationStatus(const common::dataStructures::
         "VID = :VID";
     auto conn = m_connPool.getConn();
     auto stmt = conn.createStmt(sql);
-    stmt.bindString(":VERIFICATION_STATUS", verificationStatus);
+    if (verificationStatus.empty()) {
+      stmt.bindString(":VERIFICATION_STATUS", std::nullopt);
+    } else {
+      stmt.bindString(":VERIFICATION_STATUS", verificationStatus);
+    }
     stmt.bindString(":LAST_UPDATE_USER_NAME", admin.username);
     stmt.bindString(":LAST_UPDATE_HOST_NAME", admin.host);
     stmt.bindUint64(":LAST_UPDATE_TIME", now);