diff --git a/scripts/sanity_chk/sanitycheck-tc-schema.yaml b/scripts/sanity_chk/sanitycheck-tc-schema.yaml
index abfa493c33a..d1d85dd0825 100644
--- a/scripts/sanity_chk/sanitycheck-tc-schema.yaml
+++ b/scripts/sanity_chk/sanitycheck-tc-schema.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ mapping:
        required: no
      "tags":
        type: str
-       required: yes
+       required: no
      "timeout":
        type: int
        required: no