diff --git a/rust/agama-lib/share/profile.schema.json b/rust/agama-lib/share/profile.schema.json
index d7f10b68cf..45bf2266fb 100644
--- a/rust/agama-lib/share/profile.schema.json
+++ b/rust/agama-lib/share/profile.schema.json
@@ -1008,9 +1008,14 @@
           "description": "Action to use for the question.",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "answer": {
+          "description": "Action to use for the question. Prefer using \"action\" instead.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "deprecated": true
+        },
         "value": {
           "title": "Predefined question value",
-          "description": "Value to use for the question.",
+          "description": "Value to use for the question (depending on the type of the question).",
           "type": "string"
         }
       }
diff --git a/rust/agama-utils/src/api/question.rs b/rust/agama-utils/src/api/question.rs
index e856d7351d..1075b29fa3 100644
--- a/rust/agama-utils/src/api/question.rs
+++ b/rust/agama-utils/src/api/question.rs
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ impl Action {
 /// on the question field.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, utoipa::ToSchema)]
 pub struct Answer {
+    #[serde(alias = "answer")]
     pub action: String,
     #[serde(alias = "password")]
     pub value: Option<String>,