diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
index 1a2df4e505d..e2bd167ff7c 100644
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 <summary>Required Property(s)</summary>
 
 - :warning: changed property `triggerPattern` of type `CartDiscountPatternTarget` to be required
+- changed property `images` of type `ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction` to be optional
 </details>
 
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction.java
index 9dc9b912250..93965beaec0 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import io.vrap.rmf.base.client.utils.Generated;
 
 import jakarta.validation.Valid;
-import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 /**
  *  <p>Either <code>variantId</code> or <code>sku</code> is required to reference a ProductVariant that exists. Produces the ProductTailoringImagesSet Message.</p>
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
  * <div class=code-example>
  * <pre><code class='java'>
  *     ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction productTailoringSetExternalImagesAction = ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction.builder()
- *             .plusImages(imagesBuilder -> imagesBuilder)
  *             .build()
  * </code></pre>
  * </div>
@@ -56,10 +54,10 @@ public interface ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction extends ProductTailorin
     public String getSku();
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @return images
      */
-    @NotNull
     @Valid
     @JsonProperty("images")
     public List<Image> getImages();
@@ -87,7 +85,8 @@ public interface ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction extends ProductTailorin
     public void setSku(final String sku);
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param images values to be set
      */
 
@@ -95,7 +94,8 @@ public interface ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction extends ProductTailorin
     public void setImages(final Image... images);
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param images values to be set
      */
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder.java
index 92b56432053..477e5d8cc07 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  * <div class=code-example>
  * <pre><code class='java'>
  *     ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction productTailoringSetExternalImagesAction = ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction.builder()
- *             .plusImages(imagesBuilder -> imagesBuilder)
  *             .build()
  * </code></pre>
  * </div>
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ public class ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder
     @Nullable
     private String sku;
 
+    @Nullable
     private java.util.List<com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image> images;
 
     @Nullable
@@ -59,37 +59,40 @@ public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder sku(@Nullable final String
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param images value to be set
      * @return Builder
      */
 
     public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder images(
-            final com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image... images) {
+            @Nullable final com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image... images) {
         this.images = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(images));
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param images value to be set
      * @return Builder
      */
 
     public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder images(
-            final java.util.List<com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image> images) {
+            @Nullable final java.util.List<com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image> images) {
         this.images = images;
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param images value to be set
      * @return Builder
      */
 
     public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder plusImages(
-            final com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image... images) {
+            @Nullable final com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image... images) {
         if (this.images == null) {
             this.images = new ArrayList<>();
         }
@@ -98,7 +101,8 @@ public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder plusImages(
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param builder function to build the images value
      * @return Builder
      */
@@ -113,7 +117,8 @@ public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder plusImages(
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param builder function to build the images value
      * @return Builder
      */
@@ -126,7 +131,8 @@ public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder withImages(
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param builder function to build the images value
      * @return Builder
      */
@@ -137,7 +143,8 @@ public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionBuilder addImages(
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @param builder function to build the images value
      * @return Builder
      */
@@ -179,10 +186,12 @@ public String getSku() {
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      * @return images
      */
 
+    @Nullable
     public java.util.List<com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image> getImages() {
         return this.images;
     }
@@ -202,7 +211,6 @@ public Boolean getStaged() {
      * @return ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction
      */
     public ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction build() {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(images, ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesAction.class + ": images is missing");
         return new ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionImpl(variantId, sku, images, staged);
     }
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionImpl.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionImpl.java
index f4f4fd4f275..1ec253f017a 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionImpl.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/product_tailoring/ProductTailoringSetExternalImagesActionImpl.java
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ public String getSku() {
     }
 
     /**
-     *  <p>Value to set to <code>images</code>.</p>
+     *  <p>Images of the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
+     *  <p>Don't provide this field if you want to remove all images from the tailored Product Variant. Set to <code>[]</code> (empty) if you want to hide all images of the original ProductVariant on the tailored ProductVariant.</p>
      */
 
     public java.util.List<com.commercetools.api.models.common.Image> getImages() {
diff --git a/references.txt b/references.txt
index 4ac5850e220..e771adfa288 100644
--- a/references.txt
+++ b/references.txt
@@ -360,3 +360,4 @@ d042ef009240bb55e9b5b18003aba682ec9baa98
 e3d5bc9cb69146c5d1dd755ed5e8cf2f54566b3a
 591d5eaefd1d56fd350895ccea401cb42f2f0ee8
 2cad0e3daf32cb4eacc6b08feef37acb27065b0b
+64c89a7773b97bd6425a82d7d8cee1a9f0f3e6e2