diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createProjectDeployToken.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createProjectDeployToken.ts
index 0707fdb526..53248a36a3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createProjectDeployToken.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createProjectDeployToken.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const createGitlabProjectDeployToken = (options: {
     id: 'gitlab:create-project-deploy-token',
     schema: {
       input: {
-        required: ['projectId'],
+        required: ['projectId', 'repoUrl'],
         type: 'object',
         properties: {
           repoUrl: {