diff --git a/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py b/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
index 4ef7b884a..d3b90dac6 100644
--- a/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
+++ b/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ def _validate_schema_request_body(self, content_type: str, body: dict | Any) ->
                 status=HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
             )
         for field in body:
-            if field not in {"schema", "schemaType", "references"}:
+            if field not in {"schema", "schemaType", "references", "metadata", "ruleSet"}:
                 self.r(
                     body={
                         "error_code": SchemaErrorCodes.HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY.value,