diff --git a/payload-schemas/schemas/common/label.schema.json b/payload-schemas/schemas/common/label.schema.json
index 5585f0847..56f67aaf6 100644
--- a/payload-schemas/schemas/common/label.schema.json
+++ b/payload-schemas/schemas/common/label.schema.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "node_id": { "type": "string" },
     "url": { "type": "string" },
     "name": { "type": "string" },
-    "description": { "type": "string" },
+    "description": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
     "color": { "type": "string" },
     "default": { "type": "boolean" }
   },
diff --git a/schema.d.ts b/schema.d.ts
index a302c9254..c10187d0b 100644
--- a/schema.d.ts
+++ b/schema.d.ts
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ export interface Label {
   node_id: string;
   url: string;
   name: string;
-  description: string;
+  description: string | null;
   color: string;
   default: boolean;
 }