diff --git a/src/lake/schemas/lakefile-toml-schema.json b/src/lake/schemas/lakefile-toml-schema.json
index 09f40a55d5f9..6b8ce374cf23 100644
--- a/src/lake/schemas/lakefile-toml-schema.json
+++ b/src/lake/schemas/lakefile-toml-schema.json
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@
                     "description": "A dependency on the local filesystem, specified by its path."
                 },
                 "git": {
-                    "type": "string",
+                    "type": ["string", "object"],
+                    "default": "",
                     "description": "A dependency in a Git repository, specified by its URL."
                 },
                 "subDir": {