diff --git a/schemas/collection/1.0/schema.json b/schemas/collection/1.0/schema.json
index a0619decc2506b2d8fc568f4c353b17097a821b7..6f2aa8bed2fd64811a9db4736417702a6e844f5d 100644
--- a/schemas/collection/1.0/schema.json
+++ b/schemas/collection/1.0/schema.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "required": [
     "name",
     "status",
+    "description",
     "mimeType",
     "channel",
     "contentType",