diff --git a/schemas/spdx-schema.json b/schemas/spdx-schema.json
index 425510f25f..87e353a794 100644
--- a/schemas/spdx-schema.json
+++ b/schemas/spdx-schema.json
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
             "type" : "string"
           }
         },
-        "required" : [ "SPDXID", "name", "ranges", "snippetFromFile" ],
+        "required" : [ "SPDXID", "ranges", "snippetFromFile" ],
         "additionalProperties" : false
       }
     },