diff --git a/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/config/sync/field.field.node.stanford_event.su_sdss_featured.yml b/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/config/sync/field.field.node.stanford_event.su_sdss_featured.yml
index 0df605019..177cfe9bc 100644
--- a/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/config/sync/field.field.node.stanford_event.su_sdss_featured.yml
+++ b/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/config/sync/field.field.node.stanford_event.su_sdss_featured.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ label: Featured
 description: 'Feature this content in lists and feeds.'
 required: false
 translatable: false
-default_value: {  }
+default_value:
+  -
+    value: 0
 default_value_callback: ''
 settings:
   on_label: Featured
diff --git a/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/sdss_profile.install b/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/sdss_profile.install
index 1f5cf8281..abe7bc2d2 100644
--- a/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/sdss_profile.install
+++ b/docroot/profiles/sdss/sdss_profile/sdss_profile.install
@@ -1146,3 +1146,34 @@ function sdss_profile_update_10016(&$sandbox) {
 
   $sandbox['#finished'] = empty($sandbox['nids']) ? 1 : ($sandbox['count'] - count($sandbox['nids'])) / $sandbox['count'];
 }
+
+/**
+ * Set the Featured field to FALSE on existing Event nodes without a set value.
+ */
+function sdss_profile_update_10017(&$sandbox) {
+  $node_storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
+    ->getStorage('node');
+  if (!isset($sandbox['count'])) {
+    $nids = $node_storage->getQuery()
+      ->accessCheck(FALSE)
+      ->condition('type', 'stanford_event')
+      ->sort('created', 'DESC')
+      ->execute();
+    $sandbox['nids'] = $nids;
+    $sandbox['count'] = count($sandbox['nids']);
+  }
+
+  $node_ids = array_splice($sandbox['nids'], 0, 100);
+  /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeInterface[] $nodes */
+  $nodes = $node_storage->loadMultiple($node_ids);
+  foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+    if (!$node->hasField('su_sdss_featured')) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if ($node->get('su_sdss_featured')->isEmpty()) {
+      $node->set('su_sdss_featured', FALSE)->save();
+    }
+  }
+
+  $sandbox['#finished'] = empty($sandbox['nids']) ? 1 : ($sandbox['count'] - count($sandbox['nids'])) / $sandbox['count'];
+}