diff --git a/.changeset/shaggy-crabs-return.md b/.changeset/shaggy-crabs-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afd1f74ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shaggy-crabs-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/catalog-model': patch
+---
+
+Added targetRef to common.schema.json to match the Typescript type
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/shared/common.schema.json b/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/shared/common.schema.json
index a9082d53e4..5a5eb97bb7 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/shared/common.schema.json
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/shared/common.schema.json
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
         },
         "target": {
           "$ref": "#reference"
+        },
+        "targetRef": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "The entity ref of the target of this relation."
         }
       }
     },