diff --git a/.changeset/tame-areas-behave.md b/.changeset/tame-areas-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d5c776d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-areas-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-notifications': patch
+---
+
+Change notification send scaffolder action to use native zod schemas
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/report.api.md
index cb796e5033..1d437cebd7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/report.api.md
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { BackendFeature } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { NotificationService } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-node';
-import { NotificationSeverity } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-common';
 import { TemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -14,17 +12,19 @@ export function createSendNotificationAction(options: {
   notifications: NotificationService;
 }): TemplateAction<
   {
-    recipients: string;
-    entityRefs?: string[];
+    recipients: 'entity' | 'broadcast';
     title: string;
-    info?: string;
-    link?: string;
-    severity?: NotificationSeverity;
-    scope?: string;
-    optional?: boolean;
+    entityRefs?: string[] | undefined;
+    info?: string | undefined;
+    link?: string | undefined;
+    severity?: 'normal' | 'high' | 'low' | 'critical' | undefined;
+    scope?: string | undefined;
+    optional?: boolean | undefined;
   },
-  JsonObject,
-  'v1'
+  {
+    [x: string]: any;
+  },
+  'v2'
 >;
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.examples.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.examples.test.ts
index 84473335e0..cd6fb54c51 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.examples.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.examples.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('notification:send', () => {
     send: jest.fn(),
   };
 
-  let action: TemplateAction<any>;
+  let action: TemplateAction<any, any, 'v2'>;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.resetAllMocks();
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.test.ts
index efd1377cae..ee87991c73 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('notification:send', () => {
     send: jest.fn(),
   };
 
-  let action: TemplateAction<any>;
+  let action: TemplateAction<any, any, 'v2'>;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.resetAllMocks();
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.ts
index d1954dfd8c..a8e86f9b48 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-notifications/src/actions/sendNotification.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ import {
   NotificationRecipients,
   NotificationService,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-node';
-import {
-  NotificationPayload,
-  NotificationSeverity,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-common';
+import { NotificationPayload } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-common';
 import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { examples } from './sendNotification.examples';
 
@@ -31,73 +28,41 @@ export function createSendNotificationAction(options: {
   notifications: NotificationService;
 }) {
   const { notifications } = options;
-  return createTemplateAction<{
-    recipients: string;
-    entityRefs?: string[];
-    title: string;
-    info?: string;
-    link?: string;
-    severity?: NotificationSeverity;
-    scope?: string;
-    optional?: boolean;
-  }>({
+  return createTemplateAction({
     id: 'notification:send',
     description: 'Sends a notification using NotificationService',
     examples,
     schema: {
       input: {
-        type: 'object',
-        required: ['recipients', 'title'],
-        properties: {
-          recipients: {
-            title: 'Recipient',
-            enum: ['broadcast', 'entity'],
-            description:
+        recipients: z =>
+          z
+            .enum(['broadcast', 'entity'])
+            .describe(
               'The recipient of the notification, either broadcast or entity. If using entity, also entityRef must be provided',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          entityRefs: {
-            title: 'Entity references',
-            description:
+            ),
+        entityRefs: z =>
+          z
+            .array(z.string())
+            .optional()
+            .describe(
               'The entity references to send the notification to, required if using recipient of entity',
-            type: 'array',
-            items: {
-              type: 'string',
-            },
-          },
-          title: {
-            title: 'Title',
-            description: 'Notification title',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          info: {
-            title: 'Description',
-            description: 'Notification description',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          link: {
-            title: 'Link',
-            description: 'Notification link',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          severity: {
-            title: 'Severity',
-            type: 'string',
-            description: `Notification severity`,
-            enum: ['low', 'normal', 'high', 'critical'],
-          },
-          scope: {
-            title: 'Scope',
-            description: 'Notification scope',
-            type: 'string',
-          },
-          optional: {
-            title: 'Optional',
-            description:
+            ),
+        title: z => z.string().describe('Notification title'),
+        info: z => z.string().optional().describe('Notification description'),
+        link: z => z.string().optional().describe('Notification link'),
+        severity: z =>
+          z
+            .enum(['low', 'normal', 'high', 'critical'])
+            .optional()
+            .describe('Notification severity'),
+        scope: z => z.string().optional().describe('Notification scope'),
+        optional: z =>
+          z
+            .boolean()
+            .optional()
+            .describe(
               'Do not fail the action if the notification sending fails',
-            type: 'boolean',
-          },
-        },
+            ),
       },
     },
     async handler(ctx) {