diff --git a/schemas.ts b/schemas.ts
index 8d1fa6e..96da01a 100644
--- a/schemas.ts
+++ b/schemas.ts
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export const GitLabRepositorySchema = z.object({
   container_registry_access_level: z.string().optional(),
   issues_enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
   merge_requests_enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
-  merge_requests_template: z.string().optional(),
+  merge_requests_template: z.string().nullable().optional(),
   wiki_enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
   jobs_enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
   snippets_enabled: z.boolean().optional(),