diff --git a/schemas/metadata.json b/schemas/metadata.json
index aadc4bde4c..380e126dba 100644
--- a/schemas/metadata.json
+++ b/schemas/metadata.json
@@ -542,7 +542,10 @@
     "RequiresRoot": {
       "description": "Set this optional field to “Yes” if the application requires root privileges to be usable.",
       "type": "string",
-      "enum": ["True"]
+      "enum": [
+        "True",
+        "yes"
+      ]
     },
     "ArchivePolicy": {
       "description": "This determines the policy for moving old versions of an app to the archive repo, if one is configured. Currently the only supported format is “n versions”, where n is the number of versions to keep. Defaults to “3 versions”.",