diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 4a95df0f38..47d4c73cc9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     "inquirer": "^7.0.4",
     "jest": "^26.0.1",
     "jest-css-modules": "^2.1.0",
+    "json-schema": "^0.2.5",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.9.0",
     "ora": "^4.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts
index fbf46bff1a..63c1524789 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/config/schema.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
  */
 
 import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { JSONSchema7 as JSONSchema } from 'json-schema';
 import { stringify as stringifyYaml } from 'yaml';
 import { loadCliConfig } from '../../lib/config';
-import {
-  mergeConfigSchemas,
-  ConfigSchemaPackageEntry,
-} from '@backstage/config-loader';
+import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
+import { mergeConfigSchemas } from '@backstage/config-loader';
 
 export default async (cmd: Command) => {
   const { schema } = await loadCliConfig({
@@ -30,7 +29,9 @@ export default async (cmd: Command) => {
   });
 
   const merged = mergeConfigSchemas(
-    schema.serialize().schemas.map(_ => _.value),
+    (schema.serialize().schemas as JsonObject[]).map(
+      _ => _.value as JSONSchema,
+    ),
   );
 
   merged.title = 'Application Configuration Schema';