diff --git a/.changeset/soft-planets-mate.md b/.changeset/soft-planets-mate.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94dd790f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/soft-planets-mate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react': patch
+---
+
+Add schema output return type to the `makeFieldSchema` function return
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
index 8a6b4739a4..a357ff3176 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ export interface FieldSchema<TReturn, TUiOptions> {
   // (undocumented)
   readonly schema: CustomFieldExtensionSchema;
   // (undocumented)
+  readonly TOutput: TReturn;
+  // (undocumented)
   readonly TProps: FieldExtensionComponentProps<TReturn, TUiOptions>;
   // @deprecated (undocumented)
   readonly type: FieldExtensionComponentProps<TReturn, TUiOptions>;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts
index 63a62fe3fc..dc24df759d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/utils.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export function makeFieldSchema<
   const { output, uiOptions } = options;
   return {
     TProps: undefined as any,
+    TOutput: undefined as any,
     schema: {
       returnValue: zodToJsonSchema(output(z)) as JSONSchema7,
       uiOptions: uiOptions && (zodToJsonSchema(uiOptions(z)) as JSONSchema7),
@@ -57,4 +58,5 @@ export interface FieldSchema<TReturn, TUiOptions> {
 
   readonly schema: CustomFieldExtensionSchema;
   readonly TProps: FieldExtensionComponentProps<TReturn, TUiOptions>;
+  readonly TOutput: TReturn;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts
index 4ec9de2d99..2fa6aab1b3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/utils.ts
@@ -53,5 +53,6 @@ export function makeFieldSchemaFromZod<
     type: null as any,
     uiOptionsType: null as any,
     TProps: undefined as any,
+    TOutput: undefined as any,
   };
 }