diff --git a/packages/snaps-utils/src/manifest/validation.ts b/packages/snaps-utils/src/manifest/validation.ts
index 3f8deef7ab..6ed252ae52 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-utils/src/manifest/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-utils/src/manifest/validation.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export const SnapManifestStruct = object({
   description: size(string(), 1, 280),
   proposedName: size(string(), 1, 214),
   repository: optional(
-    object({
+    type({
       type: size(string(), 1, Infinity),
       url: size(string(), 1, Infinity),
     }),
diff --git a/packages/snaps-utils/src/types.ts b/packages/snaps-utils/src/types.ts
index aa2bf85cf3..abbba8b2e6 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-utils/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-utils/src/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   instance,
   is,
-  object,
   optional,
   pattern,
   refine,
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ export const NpmSnapPackageJsonStruct = type({
   name: NameStruct,
   main: optional(size(string(), 1, Infinity)),
   repository: optional(
-    object({
+    type({
       type: size(string(), 1, Infinity),
       url: size(string(), 1, Infinity),
     }),