diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/modules.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/modules.ts
index 50fe45b653e42..8cb6bfdc96fd8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/modules.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/modules.ts
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ const moduleSchema = schema.object({
   type: schema.string(),
   logo: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
   logoFile: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
-  defaultIndexPattern: schema.string(),
-  query: schema.any(),
+  defaultIndexPattern: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
+  query: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
   jobs: schema.arrayOf(schema.any()),
   datafeeds: schema.arrayOf(schema.any()),
-  kibana: schema.any(),
+  kibana: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
   tags: schema.maybe(schema.arrayOf(schema.string())),
 });
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export const dataRecognizerConfigResponse = () =>
   schema.object({
     datafeeds: schema.arrayOf(schema.any()),
     jobs: schema.arrayOf(schema.any()),
-    kibana: schema.any(),
+    kibana: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
   });
 
 export const jobExistsResponse = () =>