diff --git a/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue b/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue
index de8bacab..8509b053 100644
--- a/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@
                       :id="field.uuid"
                       type="checkbox"
                       class="base-checkbox !h-7 !w-7"
+                      :oninvalid="`this.setCustomValidity('${t('please_check_the_box_to_continue')}')`"
+                      :onchange="`this.setCustomValidity(validity.valueMissing ? '${t('please_check_the_box_to_continue')}' : '');`"
+                      :required="field.required"
                       :checked="!!values[field.uuid]"
                       @click="[$refs.areas.scrollIntoField(field), values[field.uuid] = !values[field.uuid]]"
                     >
diff --git a/app/javascript/submission_form/i18n.js b/app/javascript/submission_form/i18n.js
index 3e955896..5b57ed7b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/submission_form/i18n.js
+++ b/app/javascript/submission_form/i18n.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const en = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'Form has been completed!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Create a Free Account',
   signed_with: 'Signed with',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Please check the box to continue',
   open_source_documents_software: 'open source documents software',
   verified_phone_number: 'Verify Phone Number',
   use_international_format: 'Use internatioanl format: +1xxx',
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ const es = {
   form_has_been_completed: '¡El formulario ha sido completado!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Crear una Cuenta Gratuita',
   signed_with: 'Firmado con',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Por favor marque la casilla para continuar',
   open_source_documents_software: 'software de documentos de código abierto',
   verified_phone_number: 'Verificar número de teléfono',
   use_international_format: 'Usar formato internacional: +1xxx',
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ const it = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'Il modulo è stato completato!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Crea un Account Gratuito',
   signed_with: 'Firmato con',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Si prega di spuntare la casella per continuare',
   open_source_documents_software: 'software di documenti open source',
   verified_phone_number: 'Verifica numero di telefono',
   use_international_format: 'Usa formato internazionale: +1xxx',
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ const de = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'Formular wurde ausgefüllt!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Kostenloses Konto erstellen',
   signed_with: 'Unterschrieben mit',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Bitte setzen Sie das Häkchen, um fortzufahren',
   open_source_documents_software: 'Open-Source-Dokumentensoftware',
   verified_phone_number: 'Telefonnummer überprüfen',
   use_international_format: 'Internationales Format verwenden: +1xxx',
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ const fr = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'Le formulaire a été complété !',
   create_a_free_account: 'Créer un Compte Gratuit',
   signed_with: 'Signé avec',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Veuillez cocher la case pour continuer',
   open_source_documents_software: 'logiciel de documents open source',
   verified_phone_number: 'Vérifier le numéro de téléphone',
   use_international_format: 'Utiliser le format international : +1xxx',
@@ -185,6 +190,7 @@ const pl = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'Formularz został wypełniony!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Utwórz darmowe konto',
   signed_with: 'Podpisane za pomocą',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Proszę zaznaczyć pole, aby kontynuować',
   open_source_documents_software: 'oprogramowanie do dokumentów open source',
   verified_phone_number: 'Zweryfikuj numer telefonu',
   use_international_format: 'Użyj międzynarodowego formatu: +1xxx',
@@ -218,6 +224,7 @@ const uk = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'Форму заповнено!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Створити безкоштовний обліковий запис',
   signed_with: 'Підписано за допомогою',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Будь ласка, позначте прапорець, щоб продовжити',
   open_source_documents_software: 'відкритий програмний засіб для документів',
   verified_phone_number: 'Підтвердіть номер телефону',
   use_international_format: 'Використовуйте міжнародний формат: +1xxx',
@@ -251,6 +258,7 @@ const cs = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'Formulář byl dokončen!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Vytvořit bezplatný účet',
   signed_with: 'Podepsáno pomocí',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Prosím, zaškrtněte políčko pro pokračování',
   open_source_documents_software: 'open source software pro dokumenty',
   verified_phone_number: 'Ověřte telefonní číslo',
   use_international_format: 'Použijte mezinárodní formát: +1xxx',
@@ -284,6 +292,7 @@ const pt = {
   form_has_been_completed: 'O formulário foi concluído!',
   create_a_free_account: 'Criar uma Conta Gratuita',
   signed_with: 'Assinado com',
+  please_check_the_box_to_continue: 'Por favor, marque a caixa para continuar',
   open_source_documents_software: 'software de documentos de código aberto',
   verified_phone_number: 'Verificar Número de Telefone',
   use_international_format: 'Use formato internacional: +1xxx',
diff --git a/app/javascript/submission_form/multi_select_step.vue b/app/javascript/submission_form/multi_select_step.vue
index e00ad995..ad52f4c3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/submission_form/multi_select_step.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/submission_form/multi_select_step.vue
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             :name="`values[${field.uuid}][]`"
             :value="option"
             class="base-checkbox !h-7 !w-7"
-            :checked="modelValue.includes(option)"
+            :checked="(modelValue || []).includes(option)"
             @change="onChange"
           >
           <span class="text-xl">
diff --git a/app/javascript/template_builder/field.vue b/app/javascript/template_builder/field.vue
index 958581a9..402020df 100644
--- a/app/javascript/template_builder/field.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/template_builder/field.vue
@@ -31,21 +31,19 @@
           v-if="isNameFocus"
           class="flex items-center relative"
         >
-          <template v-if="field.type !== 'checkbox'">
-            <input
-              :id="`required-checkbox-${field.uuid}`"
-              v-model="field.required"
-              type="checkbox"
-              class="checkbox checkbox-xs no-animation rounded"
-              @mousedown.prevent
-            >
-            <label
-              :for="`required-checkbox-${field.uuid}`"
-              class="label text-xs"
-              @click.prevent="field.required = !field.required"
-              @mousedown.prevent
-            >Required</label>
-          </template>
+          <input
+            :id="`required-checkbox-${field.uuid}`"
+            v-model="field.required"
+            type="checkbox"
+            class="checkbox checkbox-xs no-animation rounded"
+            @mousedown.prevent
+          >
+          <label
+            :for="`required-checkbox-${field.uuid}`"
+            class="label text-xs"
+            @click.prevent="field.required = !field.required"
+            @mousedown.prevent
+          >Required</label>
         </div>
         <div
           v-else
diff --git a/db/migrate/20231007052818_update_checkboxes_required.rb b/db/migrate/20231007052818_update_checkboxes_required.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2044ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20231007052818_update_checkboxes_required.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class UpdateCheckboxesRequired < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  class MigrationTemplate < ApplicationRecord
+    self.table_name = 'templates'
+  end
+
+  def up
+    MigrationTemplate.find_each do |template|
+      fields = JSON.parse(template.fields)
+
+      fields.each do |field|
+        field['required'] = false if field['type'] == 'checkbox'
+      end
+
+      template.update_columns(fields: fields.to_json) if JSON.parse(template.fields) != fields
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    nil
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 5ccdb470..88c04854 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_22_072041) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_10_07_052818) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"