diff --git a/.changeset/olive-berries-poke.md b/.changeset/olive-berries-poke.md
index b06a8b9f17..355828acbb 100644
--- a/.changeset/olive-berries-poke.md
+++ b/.changeset/olive-berries-poke.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react': major
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react': patch
 ---
 
 Fix for next version of template scaffolder for the steps without properties
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useTemplateSchema.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useTemplateSchema.ts
index e9f7382e8d..df70df965c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useTemplateSchema.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useTemplateSchema.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const useTemplateSchema = (
         // Title is rendered at the top of the page, so let's ignore this from jsonschemaform
         title: undefined,
         properties: Object.fromEntries(
-          Object.entries((step.schema.properties || []) as JsonObject).filter(
+          Object.entries((step.schema?.properties ?? []) as JsonObject).filter(
             ([key]) => {
               const stepFeatureFlag =
                 step.uiSchema[key]?.['ui:backstage']?.featureFlag;