diff --git a/CHANGES/2200.bugfix b/CHANGES/2200.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66a167e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/2200.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Made ``plaform`` optional for ``manifests`` in the JSON schema for ``vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json``.
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/json_schemas.py b/pulp_container/app/json_schemas.py
index f09f53ac6..f3ab7991a 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/json_schemas.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/json_schemas.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ def get_descriptor_schema(
                         "required": ["architecture", "os"],
                     },
                 },
-                additional_required=["platform"],
             ),
         },
         "subject": get_descriptor_schema(),