diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/query.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/query.ts
index 477a7787b9..d287a5b2c3 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/query.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/query.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface Query extends Document {
   fields: RestQueryFields | any
   transformer: string | null
   schema: Record<string, QuerySchema | string>
-  nestedSchemaFields: Record<string, Record<string, QuerySchema | string>>
+  nestedSchemaFields?: Record<string, Record<string, QuerySchema | string>>
   readable: boolean
   queryVerb: string
   // flag to state whether the default bindings are empty strings (old behaviour) or null