diff --git a/wowchemy-cms/data/wowchemy_cms_tpl.yaml b/wowchemy-cms/data/wowchemy_cms_tpl.yaml
index e04ebc30..11bf8ec9 100644
--- a/wowchemy-cms/data/wowchemy_cms_tpl.yaml
+++ b/wowchemy-cms/data/wowchemy_cms_tpl.yaml
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ collections:
         name: "categories"
         required: false
         widget: "list"
-      - {label: "External link (optional - replaces link to project page)", name: "external_link", widget: "string"}
+      - {label: "External link (optional - replaces link to project page)", name: "external_link", widget: "string", required: false}
       - label: Links
         name: links
         required: false